Statistical sampling is the periodic recording of a processor's program counter or instruction pointer.

The program terminates when the instruction pointer moves past the last command.

Befunge and its ilk allow the instruction pointer to roam in multiple dimensions through the code.

This method deals with program flow errors caused by the instruction pointers.

Only when the branch or jump was evaluated and found to be taken did the instruction pointer get set to a non-sequential address.

In response to the call, the instruction pointer of the computer begins tracing its way through the code in the called upon module.

Instruction memory could be accessed using an instruction pointer.

Does each thread have its own instruction pointer?

Each set had 16 registers, with 15 being used for general purpose operations, and the last one used as an instruction pointer.

Arbitrary code execution is commonly achieved through control over the program counter (also known as the instruction pointer) of a running process.