Program branching method and apparatus
US4181942A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Mar 31, 1978 |
| Grant date | Jan 1, 1980 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 31, 1998 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F9/325
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A special branch instruction used in a computing system serves as a conditional branch or as an unconditional branch as determined by the state of an internal register. This special branch instruction is used for conditional branching within or at the end of a program loop and for unconditional branching outside of such a loop.
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