complex instruction set computer

Thân thiện

A computer engineer studies a diagram of a complex instruction set computer.

Definition

1. Noun:
   • (Computer Science) A type of computer architecture characterized by a CPU chip containing a large, comprehensive set of hard-coded instructions. This contrasts with architectures that use a smaller, more optimized set of instructions.

Examples of Usage

• Noun:
  • Early personal computers often used a complex instruction set computer architecture.
  • The debate between complex instruction set computer and reduced instruction set computer designs was central to processor development in the 1980s.

Advanced Usage

• "CISC architecture": An abbreviation commonly used to refer to the complex instruction set computer design philosophy.
  • CISC architecture aims to reduce the number of instructions per program by making each instruction more powerful.

Variants and Related Words

• CISC (n): The standard acronym for "complex instruction set computer."
  • The Intel x86 family is a well-known example of CISC.
• RISC (n): Acronym for "reduced instruction set computer," the contrasting architectural approach.
  • RISC processors often execute instructions faster than their CISC counterparts.

Synonyms

• CISC: The direct acronymic synonym.
• Complex instruction set computing: The full descriptive term for the architectural style.

Related Phrases

• CISC processor: A CPU built using the complex instruction set computer architecture.
  • This CISC processor can execute a single instruction that performs a multi-step operation.

Học thuật

Noun

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

Từ đồng nghĩa

• complex instruction set computing
• CISC