program counter

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program counter

noun program counters · programme counter

countable A register that stores the address of the current (or next) instruction to be carried out by the processor.
Similar: instruction pointer

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@misc{program_counter_2026,
  title = {program counter},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/program%20counter},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}