operand

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English

Etymology

From Late Latin operandum. Doublet of operandum.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈɒpəɹænd/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈɑpəˌɹænd/, /ˌɑpəˈɹænd/
  • Audio (US):(file)
  • Rhymes: -ænd

Noun

operand (plural operands)

  1. (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:
      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.

Translations

References

  1. ^ “operand, n.”, in OED Online Paid subscription required⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.

Anagrams

Danish

Noun

operand

  1. operand

Declension

Declension of operand
common
gender 		singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative operand operanden operander operanderne
genitive operands operandens operanders operandernes
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