Nop vs Qop - What's the difference?
nop | qop |
(programming) A no-op; a CPU instruction that does nothing.
* 1999 , Dominic Sweetman, See MIPS Run
* 2004 , Patterson et al'', ''Computer Organization and Design: The Hardware/Software Interface
(programming) To replace machine code with nop instructions when modifying software.
* 1992 , The Cyborg, The Cracking Manual
As nouns the difference between nop and qop
is that nop is a no-op; a CPU instruction that does nothing while qop is an alternative spelling of qoph.As a verb nop
is to replace machine code with nop instructions when modifying software.nop
English
Noun
(en noun)- The MIPS instruction set is rich in nops , since any instruction with zero as a destination is guaranteed to do nothing.
- Notice that in computing CPI or IPC, we do not count any nops executed as useful instructions.
Verb
(en-verb)- For example, if there is a CALL 3140 and we want to skip this call, we can NOP it out.