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Control and Status Register

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hardware (CSR) A register in most CPUs which stores

additional information about the results of machine

instructions, e.g. comparisons. It usually consists of

several independent flags such as carry, overflow and

zero. The CSR is chiefly used to determine the outcome of

conditional branch instructions or other forms of

conditional execution.

(1998-06-26)

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