What does rt stands for in MIPS instruction format?

Question

Take MIPS instruction format described here, there are some abbreviations eg rd,rs and rt. What does rt stands for? I know rt is the second source register in R-type instruction, and is the destination register in I-type instruction. It is easy to guess rd stands for register destination; rs stands for register source. What about rt? I guess it might be "register temporary"? Is there an authoritative source about this?

Leatherback

Answer 1

t is just the next letter after s, so rs is the first source register, rt is the second source register. (If there could be a third source register it would most likely be ru.)

Tagliatelle

what about I-Type commands, which only have RS and RT, and the result is written into RT? cs.umd.edu/class/sum2003/cmsc311/Notes/Mips/format.html – Slant

@yoav85: "I" in this context is just short-hand for "immediate". There are two registers and an immediate value. – Tagliatelle

I remember it as register transition, since it is sometimes a source and sometimes a destination – Reply

Answer 2

rt stands for "register target". Just like been said above, in I-Type commands, the result is written into rt

Should

Answer 3

"register temporary", I think so.

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