What is Condition code?

Flags such as zero, negative, carry and overflow that record the outcome of a compare or arithmetic operation. Conditional branches in x86 and Arm test them; RISC-V has none.

Field: ISA & Assembly

Related terms

Addressing mode Application binary interface (ABI) Assembler Branch delay slot Callee-saved register Caller-saved register Calling convention Compressed instruction Frame pointer Immediate operand

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