Processor register

Quickly accessible working storage available as part of a digital processor

A processor register is a quickly accessible storage location available to a computer's processor. Registers usually consist of a small amount of fast storage, although some registers have specific hardware functions, and may be read-only or write-only. In computer architecture, registers are typically addressed by mechanisms other than main memory, but may in some cases be assigned a memory address e.g.

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