Tell me what is the purpose of "register" keyword in C Language?

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The keyword ‘register' instructs the compiler to persist the variable that is being declared , in a CPU register.

Ex: register int number;

The persistence of register variables in CPU register is to optimize the access. Even the optimization is turned off; the register variables are forced to store in CPU register.
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