FUNDAMENTALS OF COMPUTER

COMPUTER PROGRAMMING FUNDAMENTALS

PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Define what is meant by an ‘operand
A
An operation to be performed eg add or store
B
Data to be used or memory location of data to be used.
C
Either A or B
D
None of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -In computing, an operand is the part of a computer instruction which specifies what data is to be manipulated or operated on, while at the same time representing the data itself.

Detailed explanation-2: -Accumulator stores operand during execution and result of operation after execution. In a computer, an accumulator is a type of register.

Detailed explanation-3: -Memory operands are specified either by the name of a variable or by a register that contains the address of a variable. A variable name implies the address of a variable and instructs the computer to reference the contents of memory at that address.

Detailed explanation-4: -In computing, an operand can refer to an element in a programming language, such as C++ or Java, or to an element that is part of a computer’s instruction code. In either case, the operand represents the data to be operated on or manipulated by some type of operator.

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