Opcode

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A mnemonic used to refer to a microprocessor instruction in assembly language.

    "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."

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computer instructionsinstruction codeinstructionsoperation code

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"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."

Etymology

From op + code (in sense of operation).

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