Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

program counter

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.48 in modern English

Syllables: pro-gram -counter
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

3

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A register that stores the address of the current (or next) instruction to be carried out by the processor.

Countable

Usage

Countable

Inflected Forms

program counters (plural) programme counter (alternative, Commonwealth)

Synonyms

instruction pointer

Questions

What does program counter mean?: A register that stores the address of the current (or next) instruction to be carried out by the processor.

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