accumulator register

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accumulator register - (computer science) a register that has a built-in adder that adds an input number to the contents of the register

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register - (computer science) memory device that is the part of computer memory that has a specific address and that is used to hold information of a specific kind

computer science, computing - the branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structures

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- John Williams, Coventry AYOUR Britannic N.22 has a nine-digit setting register, 18-digit accumulator register and 10-digit revolutions register.

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This specifies that at each positive edge of the clock signal, the value in the accumulator register should be updated by concatenating the value in the carry_bit register and the value in the adder_output register.