HyperDic: complex_instruction_set_computer

English > 1 sense of the expression complex instruction set computer:
NOUNattributecomplex instruction set computer, complex instruction set computing, CISC(computer science) a kind of computer architecture that has a large number of instructions hard coded into the CPU chip
English > complex instruction set computer: 1 sense > noun 1, 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, CISC
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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