nonregister

English

Etymology

non- +‎ register

Adjective

nonregister (not comparable)

1. (computing) Not a register.
   • 1985, Hugo T Jackson, A M Fischer, Learning assembly language: a guide for BASIC programmers:

     Typically, the second operand may be obtained from a nonregister memory location.

2. (computing) Not stored in a register.
   • 1986, Dr. Dobb's journal of software tools for the professional programmer:

     Functions need to access two kinds of nonregister variables: formal parameters and local auto variables. Both types are allocated on the stack.

   • 2005, Sivarama P Dandamudi, Guide to RISC Processors: For Programmers and Engineers:

     In RISC processors, instructions excluding the load and store use registers only; any nonregister value is treated as a constant.

See also

• register variable