"branch register" meaning in All languages combined

See branch register on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: branch registers [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} branch register (plural branch registers)
  1. The register in a CPU which contains the address of the next instruction to be executed or of an instruction to be branched to under certain circumstances
    Sense id: en-branch_register-en-noun-u0tarT-Q Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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