1. no-op - Noun
2. no-op - Adjective
no-op (plural no-ops)
(computing) An instruction or operation that has no effect; a null operation.
Synonym: nop
no-op (not comparable)
(LGBT, of a transgender or transsexual person) Having chosen not to undergo sex reassignment surgery.
Synonym: non-op
Coordinate term: no-ho
no-op (plural no-ops)
(LGBT) A transgender or transsexual person who has chosen not to undergo sex reassignment surgery.
Synonym: non-op
Coordinate term: no-ho
As a result, it has become common practice for exploit writers to compose the no-op sled with randomly chosen instructions which will have no real effect on the shellcode execution. Source: Internet
This special decoder is a no-op pass-through decoder that supports decryption (that is, it copies the input bitstream to output after decrypting if needed). Source: Internet
At the end of the attacker-supplied data, after the no-op instructions, the attacker places an instruction to perform a relative jump to the top of the buffer where the shellcode is located. Source: Internet
Ping performs no packet processing; it merely sends a response back when it receives a packet (i.e. performs a no-op ), thus it is a first rough way of measuring latency. Source: Internet
These functions may be a no-op on a big-endian system. Source: Internet
To do this, much larger sections of the stack are corrupted with the no-op machine instruction. Source: Internet