OPERATION CODE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does operation code mean? 

• OPERATION CODE (noun)
  The noun OPERATION CODE has 1 sense:

1. the portion of a set of operation descriptions that specifies the operation to be performed; the set of operations in a computer

  Familiarity information: OPERATION CODE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• OPERATION CODE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The portion of a set of operation descriptions that specifies the operation to be performed; the set of operations in a computer

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

operation code; order code

Hypernyms ("operation code" is a kind of...):

code; computer code ((computer science) the symbolic arrangement of data or instructions in a computer program or the set of such instructions)