no-op

plural no-ops

1. computingAn instruction or operation that has no effect; a null operation.

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

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

   1 more example

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

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

   Synonyms: nop

1. not comparableHaving chosen not to undergo sex reassignment surgery.

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

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

   Synonyms: non-op

plural no-ops

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

   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).

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

   Synonyms: non-op