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plural operands
(mathematics, computing) A quantity to which an operator is applied (in 3 − x , the operands of the subtraction operator are 3 and x ). quotations examples
When the microprocessor decodes the JSR opcode, it stores the operand into the TEMP register and pushes the current contents of the PC ($00 0128) onto the stack.
1992, Michael A. Miller, The 68000 Microprocessor Family: Architecture, Programming, and Applications, page 47