A status register (also: flag register or condition code register (CCR)) is a collection of
flag bits for a
processor that indicates the status of various mathematical operations. These flags are commonly used during conditional testing and program branching. The ordering, number, and sometimes the exact interpretation of these flags is generally unique to the processor, due to specific device configurations, et cetera. For example, the
x86 architecture has its own unique
FLAGS register.
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