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Term · Computing and IT · MLC-T-CMP-001010

A small, high-speed storage location within a computer's central processing unit (CPU) that holds data or control information. Registers are used to quickly accept, store, and transfer data and instructions that are being used immediately by the CPU. They are the fastest form of memory available to the CPU.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-CMP-001010
FieldComputing and IT
SubjectSoftware
Record as JSON 
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