register
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- noun
- /ˈrɛdʒɪstər/
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registro
- Each CPU contains multiple registers that temporarily store instructions and data for fast access.
- floating-point register
- instruction register
- register bits
And like all these things, if you zoom way into how hardware works, the register file is actually a memory.
- And like all these things, if you zoom way into how hardware works, the register file is actually a memory.
- So AMD is still the only company that has the PCIe resizable base address register via Sam that we already tested.
Examples
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With the current technology, the cost to provide additional registers in the hardware is minimal.
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Each memory card contains four sets of control/address registers as well as four sets of data buffers.
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We want our instruction register out and jump.
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If the instruction used a base register, only bits from the base register were used.
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If the addresses match, the bank select for that register is activated, and the transfer is completed.
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And in modern CPUs you would have a link register of some sort that remembers.
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Debugging works and you know, looking at registers as well.
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The contents of the T and the resulting S registers are then stored back into nonvolatile memory.
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As mentioned previously, the FPSCR register is divided into a sticky field and a non-sticky field.
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A performance monitor control register in the SCU selects the events to be monitored.
Academic text (1994)
Synonyms
A small storage inside the computer's processor that keeps calculation results by adding new numbers to old ones
A small storage inside the computer that changes an address to find data in memory
A small memory that moves bits left or right one place at a time
Compounds
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A book or list where you record checks and deposits to track your bank account
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The lower part of the voice you feel vibrating in your chest when you speak or sing
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A small storage inside the computer's processor that keeps calculation results by adding new numbers to old ones
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A small storage inside the computer that changes an address to find data in memory
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A tone language that uses high or low voice pitch to show different word meanings
How Fast
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157
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Surface Forms
Etymology
Register comes from the Medieval Latin word registrum, which means 'a written list'. In computers the word was used for a very small, fast place that holds a few pieces of information, like a tiny list the processor uses quickly.