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COMPLEX INSTRUCTION SET COMPUTING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does complex instruction set computing mean? 

COMPLEX INSTRUCTION SET COMPUTING (noun)
  The noun COMPLEX INSTRUCTION SET COMPUTING has 1 sense:

1. (computer science) a kind of computer architecture that has a large number of instructions hard coded into the CPU chipplay

  Familiarity information: COMPLEX INSTRUCTION SET COMPUTING used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


COMPLEX INSTRUCTION SET COMPUTING (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

(computer science) a kind of computer architecture that has a large number of instructions hard coded into the CPU chip

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

CISC; complex instruction set computer; complex instruction set computing

Hypernyms ("complex instruction set computing" is a kind of...):

architecture; computer architecture ((computer science) the structure and organization of a computer's hardware or system software)

Domain category:

computer science; computing (the branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structures)

Antonym:

reduced instruction set computing ((computer science) a kind of computer architecture that has a relatively small set of computer instructions that it can perform)


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