INDEX REGISTER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does index register mean? 

• INDEX REGISTER (noun)
  The noun INDEX REGISTER has 1 sense:

1. (computer science) a register used to determine the address of an operand

  Familiarity information: INDEX REGISTER used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• INDEX REGISTER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

(computer science) a register used to determine the address of an operand

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("index register" is a kind of...):

register ((computer science) memory device that is the part of computer memory that has a specific address and that is used to hold information of a specific kind)

Domain category:

computer science; computing (the branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structures)