operand

What it means

1. computingA quantity to which an operator is applied (in 3-x, the operands of the subtraction operator are 3 and x).

   When the microprocessor decodes the JSR opcode, it stores the operand into the TEMP register and pushes the current contents of the PC ($00 0128) onto the stack.

   1992, Michael A. Miller, The 68000 Microprocessor Family: Architecture, Programming, and Applications, page 47

In a sentence

When the microprocessor decodes the JSR opcode, it stores the operand into the TEMP register and pushes the current contents of the PC ($00 0128) onto the stack.

1992, Michael A. Miller, The 68000 Microprocessor Family: Architecture, Programming, and Applications, page 47

Where it comes from

1. Late Latinoperandum
2. Englishoperand

From Late Latin operandum. By surface analysis, operate + -and. Doublet of operandum.