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nop^¹

/nɒp/ UK
/nɔp/ US

Rhymes with -ɒp

noun nops · NOP

A no-op; a CPU instruction that does nothing. The MIPS instruction set is rich in nops, since any instruction with zero as a destination is guaranteed to do nothing.
Similar: no-op

verb nops · nopping · nopped · NOP

To replace machine code with nop instructions when modifying software. For example, if there is a CALL 3140 and we want to skip this call, we can NOP it out.

nop^²

/nɒp/ UK
/nɔp/ US

Rhymes with -ɒp

interjection

alternative, informal, rare Alternative form of nope

Nop^³

proper noun Nops

A surname.

NOP^⁴

noun NOPs

Alternative letter-case form of nop

verb NOPs · NOPing · NOPed

Alternative letter-case form of nop

proper noun

The station code of North Point in Hong Kong.

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@misc{nop_2026,
  title = {nop},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/nop},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}

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