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CISC:

CISC [the ~] noun

  1. the CISC (complex instruction set computing)
    – The implementation of complex instructions in a microprocessor design so that they can be invoked at the assembly language level. The instructions can be very powerful, allowing for complicated and flexible ways of calculating such elements as memory addresses. All this complexity, however, usually requires many clock cycles to execute each instruction. 1

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- Criminal Intelligence Services of Canada; complex instruction set computer; complex instruction set computing
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CISC CISC; complex instruction set computing

Related Definitions for "CISC":

  1. (computer science) a kind of computer architecture that has a large number of instructions hard coded into the CPU chip2
  2. an agency of the Canadian government that unifies the intelligence units of Canadian law enforcement agencies2
  3. The implementation of complex instructions in a microprocessor design so that they can be invoked at the assembly language level. The instructions can be very powerful, allowing for complicated and flexible ways of calculating such elements as memory addresses. All this complexity, however, usually requires many clock cycles to execute each instruction.1

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