No-op
Origin
No operation (NOP), common assembly language instruction.
Full definition of no-op
Noun
no-op
(plural no-ops)- (computing) An instruction or operation that has no significant effect.
- 1991, Graham C. E. Winn, OS/2 Presentation Manager GPI:Points may be coincident and the number of specified points can be zero, in which case the function is a no-op.
- 1999, Donald Knuth, MMIXware: A RISC Computer for the Third Millennium:A JMP instruction qualifies as a no-op in this sense.
- Something that has no significant effect.
- 2014, omegletrollz:
- Which makes me think Omegle might be swarming with no-op bots.