operandpile
nounUK /ˈɒpərændpaɪl/
US /ˈɑːpərændpaɪl/
An operandpile is a big stack of numbers or values that a computer works with.
The program pushed each number onto the operandpile before adding them.
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2. A heap of operands waiting to be processed in a calculation.
The calculator emptied its operandpile one value at a time.
3. In informal computing talk, a messy collection of inputs queued for an operation.
After the batch job, the operandpile was full of leftover values.
4. A teaching term for a pile of numbers learners line up before solving a math problem.
The teacher asked the kids to build an operandpile of ten blocks.