operand
Number being processed
An operand is a quantity that an operation acts upon.
In the expression 3 + 5, the operands are 3 and 5; the operator is +.
The term belongs to mathematics and computing, where operands may be numbers, variables, or more complex expressions: The function takes two operands and returns their product.
Prone to fluctuation
- constantFixed, unvarying quantity
- literalMeaning exactly what's said
- expressionConveyed thought or feeling
- argumentReasoned case or dispute
parameter · register · pointer · reference · value · datatype · integer · float
Conveyed thought or feeling
- additionJoining quantities mathematically
- subtractionRemoving quantities mathematically
- multiplicationProduct-finding operation
- divisionSplitting into parts
exponentiation · modulo · quotient · remainder · dividend · divisor · multiplicand · multiplier
Guidance for action
- mnemonicTechnique for retention
- registerRecord officially; vocal range
- accumulatorDevice storing incremental charge
- addressingSpeaking to or handling
immediate · indexed · indirect · offset · machine-code · microprocessor · fetch · decode
Statement expressing a judgment
gate · bitwise · mask · complement · negation · conditional · predicate · evaluation
variable
Prone to fluctuation
- constantFixed, unvarying quantity
- literalMeaning exactly what's said
- expressionConveyed thought or feeling
argument · parameter · register · pointer · reference · value · datatype · integer · float · boolean
expression
Conveyed thought or feeling
- additionJoining quantities mathematically
- subtractionRemoving quantities mathematically
- multiplicationProduct-finding operation
division · exponentiation · modulo · quotient · remainder · dividend · divisor · multiplicand · multiplier · addend
instruction
Guidance for action
- mnemonicTechnique for retention
- registerRecord officially; vocal range
- accumulatorDevice storing incremental charge
addressing · immediate · indexed · indirect · offset · machine-code · microprocessor · fetch · decode · execute
proposition
Statement expressing a judgment
XOR · gate · bitwise · mask · complement · negation · conditional · predicate · evaluation · binary
- arithmeticaddition, subtraction, multiplication, division, sum
- math termsnumbers, plus or minus, linear growth, square, division
- variablesvariable, unknown, x, y, placeholder
- CPU Architectureinstruction set, CPU, processor, register, microarchitecture
- programmingvariables, functions, for, function, debugger
- assembly languageregisters, accumulator, instruction set, machine language, directive
- operating roomSurgical procedure venue
- base of operationsCentral location for activities
- operating systemsCore device management software
- train operatorsThose driving locomotives
- operating tableSurgical procedure surface
- cleanup operationsSystematic removal of debris
operate, operation, cooperation, operator, cooperative, operating, operative, uncooperative, operations