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At the hardware level it's called the program counter, which is a register containing the address of the current operation the processor is running. After the o
by Androsynth 15y ago
At the hardware level it's called the program counter, which is a register containing the address of the current operation the processor is running. After the operation is finished, it increments itself and moves to the next step in the program.
Edit: just realized I didn't really answer the question, I believe what your actually talking about is a statement.
I usually jump at the chance to talk about stuff from my old EE days :)
- Zaak 15y agoThe program counter isn't the only element of that "what the program is doing now" state though. The context in which the current instruction is being executed makes a world of difference.
- vogonj 15y agoinclusive of that, the best term is probably "machine state" or similar.
- calloc 15y agoI consider the "context" the scope. What is the scope in which the current statement is being executed...
- jpendry 15y agoAnd the ability to save all of that into a variable so that you can pass it around to other parts of your program means that your programming language supports Continuations.