Editing NOP (code) (section)

{{Short description|Machine instruction that indicates to a computer to do nothing}}
{{about|the "No Operation" computer instruction|Null statement|Null function|Do nothing instruction|Do Nothing (disambiguation)|other uses|NOOP (disambiguation)|and|NOP (disambiguation)}}

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In [[computer science]], a '''NOP''', '''no-op''', or '''NOOP''' (pronounced "no op"; short for '''no operation''') is a [[machine code|machine language]] instruction and its [[assembly language]] mnemonic, [[programming language]] statement, or [[protocol (computing)|computer protocol]] command that does nothing.