HyperDic: cisc

English > 2 senses of the word CISC:
NOUNgroupCISC, Criminal Intelligence Services of Canadaan agency of the Canadian government that unifies the intelligence units of Canadian law enforcement agencies
attributeCISC, complex instruction set computing, complex instruction set computer(computer science) a kind of computer architecture that has a large number of instructions hard coded into the CPU chip
English > CISC: 2 senses > noun 1, group
MeaningAn agency of the Canadian government that unifies the intelligence units of Canadian law enforcement agencies.
SynonymCriminal Intelligence Services of Canada
RegionCanadaA nation in northern North America
Broaderinternational intelligence agencyAn intelligence agency outside the United States
English > CISC: 2 senses > noun 2, attribute
Meaning(computer science) a kind of computer architecture that has a large number of instructions hard coded into the CPU chip.
Synonymscomplex instruction set computing, complex instruction set computer
Categorycomputer science, computingThe branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structures
Broadercomputer architecture, architecture(computer science) the structure and organization of a computer's ... / computer's hardware or system software
Oppositereduced instruction set computing, reduced instruction set computer, RISC(computer science) a kind of computer architecture that has a relatively small set of computer instructions that it can perform

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