stackaddressregister

noun

UK /stæk əˈdrɛs ˈrɛdʒɪstə/

US /stæk əˈdrɛs ˈrɛdʒɪstər/

A tiny storage spot in a computer that remembers where the stack is.

The processor used the stack address register to find the saved return address.

SYNONYMS

stack pointer stack register address register memory pointer

RELATED WORDS

stack register memory address call stack pointer

OTHER MEANINGS

2. A hardware register holding the base address of the call stack.

The debugger read the stack address register to inspect the current frame.

3. A pointer that tracks the top location of a stack data structure.

Pushing a value updated the stack address register automatically.

4. A CPU component that stores the memory location of the stack segment.

The stack address register was reloaded during the context switch.