Index register
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title:
Index register
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An index register in a computer's CPU is a processor register used for pointing to operand addresses during the run of a program. It is useful for stepping through strings and arrays. It can also be used for holding loop iterations and counters. In some architectures it is used for read/writing blocks of memory. Depending on the architecture it may be a dedicated index register or a general-purpose register. Some instruction sets allow more than one index register to be used; in that case additi
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CPU register used for modifying operand addresses
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2024-03-21T13:39:36Z
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