From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :
Operand \Op"er*and\, n. [From neuter of L. operandus, gerundive of operari. See Operate.] (Math.) The symbol, quantity, or thing upon which a mathematical operation is performed; -- called also faciend. [1913 Webster]From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) :
operand n 1: a quantity upon which a mathematical operation is performedFrom The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (30 December 2018) :
operandAn argument of an operator or of a machine language instruction. (1995-08-18)