index register

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

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   computer science

Questions about index register

What does index register mean?

index register means "(computer science) a register used to determine the address of an operand".

Is index register a common word?

index 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.