accumulator register

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   (computer science) a register that has a built-in adder that adds an input number to the contents of the register

   Synonymsaccumulator

   Broaderregister

   computer science

Questions about accumulator register

What does accumulator register mean?

accumulator register means "(computer science) a register that has a built-in adder that adds an input number to the contents of the register".

What is another word for accumulator register?

Close synonyms include accumulator. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is accumulator register a common word?

accumulator register is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.