A complex instruction set computer (CISC /ˈsɪsk/) is a computer architecture in which single instructions can execute several low-level operations (such...

In computer science, an instruction set architecture (ISA) is an abstract model that generally defines how software controls the CPU in a computer or...

given to the computer to accomplish tasks. Compared to the instructions given to a complex instruction set computer (CISC), a RISC computer might require...

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Minimal instruction set computer (MISC) is a central processing unit (CPU) architecture, usually in the form of a microprocessor, with a very small number...

A one-instruction set computer (OISC), sometimes referred to as an ultimate reduced instruction set computer (URISC), is an abstract machine that uses...

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derivatives remain popular today. It is a complex instruction set computer with separate memory spaces for program instructions and data. Intel's original MCS-51...

an executable program, often stored as a computer file and executed on the processor. The x86 instruction set has been extended several times, introducing...

Instructions per second (IPS) is a measure of a computer's processor speed. For complex instruction set computers (CISCs), different instructions take...

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acronym for Virtual Address eXtension) is a series of computers featuring a 32-bit instruction set architecture (ISA) and virtual memory that was developed...

servers. Complex instruction set computer (CISC) Reduced instruction set computer (RISC) Minimal instruction set computer (MISC) Very long instruction word...

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of 32-bit complex instruction set computer (CISC) microprocessors. During the 1980s and early 1990s, they were popular in personal computers and workstations...

In computer engineering, an orthogonal instruction set is an instruction set architecture where all instruction types can use all addressing modes. It...

optimizing compilers and reduced instruction set computer (RISC) architectures and RISC-like complex instruction set computer (CISC) architectures, and the...

In computer architecture, instructions per cycle (IPC), commonly called instructions per clock, is one aspect of a processor's performance: the average...

programmer-visible instruction set architecture of a computer, also known as its machine code.[page needed] It consists of a set of hardware-level instructions that...

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that carries out one instruction in a single clock cycle. Complex instruction set computer, a processor executing one instruction in multiple clock cycles...

include the instruction set architecture design, microarchitecture design, logic design, and implementation. The first documented computer architecture...

usually pronounced "sixty-eight-thousand") is a 16/32-bit complex instruction set computer (CISC) microprocessor, introduced in 1979 by Motorola Semiconductor...

design or due to shifts in technology. Computer architecture is the combination of microarchitecture and instruction set architecture. The ISA is roughly the...

Corporation (DEC). Alpha was designed to replace 32-bit VAX complex instruction set computers (CISC) and to be a highly competitive RISC processor for Unix...

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jump or transfer is an instruction in a computer program that can cause a computer to begin executing a different instruction sequence and thus deviate...

originally Acorn RISC Machine) is a family of RISC instruction set architectures (ISAs) for computer processors. Arm Holdings develops the ISAs and licenses...

mode. Common types of ISAs include CISC (complex instruction set computer), RISC (reduced instruction set computer), vector operations, and hybrid modes...

(ESAME), is IBM's 64-bit complex instruction set computer (CISC) instruction set architecture, implemented by its mainframe computers. IBM introduced its first...