Operand vs Operant - What's the difference?
operand | operant |
(mathematics, computing) A quantity to which an operator is applied (in , the operands of the subtraction operator are 3 and ).
* 1992 , Michael A. Miller, The 68000 Microprocessor Family: Architecture, Programming, and Applications (page 47)
That operates to produce an effect.
* Shakespeare
* 1955 , edition, ISBN 0553249592, page 117:
An operative person or thing.
(psychology) Any of a class of behaviors that produce consequences by operating (i.e., acting) upon the environment.
As nouns the difference between operand and operant
is that operand is a quantity to which an operator is applied (in , the operands of the subtraction operator are 3 and ) while operant is an operative person or thing.As an adjective operant is
that operates to produce an effect.operand
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Noun
(en noun)- 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
*operant
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Adjective
(en adjective)- thy most operant poison
- I tell you frankly, if Paul Aubry is guilty I hope is convicted and punished; but if one of the others is guilty I hope he—or she—is punished, and if I knew anything operant to that end I certainly would not withhold it.