operand
noun
op·er·and
ˌä-pə-ˈrand 
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Or the addition operations that add the pixel values to TOTAL could be run at a lower voltage level because both of the operands are approximate, but the operations that increase the two counter variables would have to be run at the normal voltage so that they were always computed exactly.
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Adrian Sampson, IEEE Spectrum, 26 Sep. 2013
The three operands of NOUN 7 were 105, the address of flagword 9 containing LETABBIT; 400 (100 000 000 binary) which selected bit 9 in the word; and then 0, to turn the bit off.
—Frank O’Brien, Ars Technica, 30 Jan. 2020
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Adrian Sampson, IEEE Spectrum, 26 Sep. 2013
The three operands of NOUN 7 were 105, the address of flagword 9 containing LETABBIT; 400 (100 000 000 binary) which selected bit 9 in the word; and then 0, to turn the bit off.
—Frank O’Brien, Ars Technica, 30 Jan. 2020
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“Operand.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/operand. Accessed 29 Nov. 2024.
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