stack processing

A Dictionary of Computing | 2004 | 561 words | Copyright

stack processing (stack manipulation) Use of a pushdown stack or LIFO implemented in hardware as a data memory. This permits the use of zero-address instructions where both operand sources and result destinations are implicitly the top locations of the stack, thus making programs more compact. Stack mechanisms are also used to provide a way of keeping track of multiple interrupts in which the stack serves as a way of “nesting” the interrupts so that those of lesser priority are pushed down so that those of higher priority can be attended to.

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