"opcode" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1992, Michael A. Miller, The 68000 Microprocessor Family: Architecture, Programming, and Applications, page 47",
          "text": "When the microprocessor decodes the JSR opcode, it stores the operand into the TEMP register and pushes the current contents of the PC ($00 0128) onto the stack.",
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        "(computing) A mnemonic used to refer to a microprocessor instruction in assembly language."
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  "etymology_text": "op + code (in sense of operation)",
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