no-op

See also: noop, and nööp

English

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Etymology 1

Short for no operation (NOP), common assembly language instruction.

Noun

no-op (plural no-ops)

1. (computing) An instruction or operation that has no effect; a null operation.

   Synonym: nop

   • 1991, Graham C. E. Winn, OS/2 Presentation Manager GPI:

     Points may be coincident and the number of specified points can be zero, in which case the function is a no-op.

   • 1999, Donald Knuth, MMIXware: A RISC Computer for the Third Millennium:

     A JMP instruction qualifies as a no-op in this sense.

Translations

instruction or operation that has no significant effect

• Vietnamese: lệnh vô tác

Etymology 2

Short for no operation.

Adjective

no-op (not comparable)

1. (LGBTQ, of a transgender or transsexual person) Having chosen not to undergo sex reassignment surgery.

   Synonym: non-op

   Coordinate term: no-ho

   • 2008, Christopher Shelley, “Introduction: Transpeople and the Problem of Re/Action”, in Transpeople: Repudiation, Trauma, Healing, Toronto: University of Toronto Press, →ISBN, page 12:

     Both ‘no-op’ interviewees hold relatively stable identities as TG and offer interesting perspectives on trans repudiation from a TG standpoint.

Noun

no-op (plural no-ops)

1. (LGBTQ) A transgender or transsexual person who has chosen not to undergo sex reassignment surgery.

   Synonym: non-op

   Coordinate term: no-ho

   • 2008, Christopher Shelley, “Introduction: Transpeople and the Problem of Re/Action”, in Transpeople: Repudiation, Trauma, Healing, Toronto: University of Toronto Press, →ISBN, page 12:

     At the time of the interviews, nineteen of the twenty interviewees were taking hormones; five were pre-operative; thirteen were postoperative; and two were ‘no-ops’ (no surgery intended at the time of interview).

Anagrams

• Poon, poon