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Operand vs Operad - What's the difference?

operand | operad |

As nouns the difference between operand and operad

is that operand is a quantity to which an operator is applied (in 3 - x, the operands of the subtraction operator are 3 and x) while operad is a set of operations, each one having a fixed finite number of arguments and one output, which can be composed with others.

operand

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (mathematics, computing) A quantity to which an operator is applied (in 3 - x, the operands of the subtraction operator are 3 and x).
  • * 1992 , Michael A. Miller, The 68000 Microprocessor Family: Architecture, Programming, and Applications (page 47)
  • When the microprocessor decodes the JSR opcode, it stores the operand into the TEMP register and pushes the current contents of the PC ($00 0128) onto the stack.

    Anagrams

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    operad

    English

    (wikipedia operad)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (mathematics) A set of operations, each one having a fixed finite number of arguments and one output, which can be composed with others.
  • Derived terms

    * operadic ----