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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>no-op</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="../../jargon.css" type="text/css"/><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.61.0"/><link rel="home" href="../index.html" title="The Jargon File"/><link rel="up" href="../N.html" title="N"/><link rel="previous" href="NMI.html" title="NMI"/><link rel="next" href="noddy.html" title="noddy"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">no-op</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="NMI.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">N</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="noddy.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="no-op"/><dt xmlns="" id="no-op"><b>no-op</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="pronunciation">/noh´op/</span>, <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">n.,v.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> alt.: NOP <span class="pronunciation">/nop/</span> [no
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operation] </p></dd><dd><p> 1. A machine instruction that does nothing (sometimes used in
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assembler-level programming as filler for data or patch areas, or to
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overwrite code to be removed in binaries). </p></dd><dd><p> 2. A person who contributes nothing to a project, or has nothing
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going on upstairs, or both. As in “<span class="quote">He's a no-op.</span>” </p></dd><dd><p> 3. Any operation or sequence of operations with no effect, such as
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circling the block without finding a parking space, or putting money into a
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vending machine and having it fall immediately into the coin-return box, or
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asking someone for help and being told to go away. “<span class="quote">Oh, well, that
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was a no-op.</span>” Hot-and-sour soup (see
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<a href="../G/great-wall.html"><i class="glossterm">great-wall</i></a>) that is insufficiently either is
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<span class="firstterm">no-op soup</span>; so is wonton soup if
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everybody else is having hot-and-sour.</p></dd><div class="navfooter"><hr/><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="NMI.html">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="../N.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="noddy.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">NMI </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="../index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> noddy</td></tr></table></div></body></html>
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