instruction set
<architecture> The collection of machine language instructions that a
particular processor understands.
The term is almost synonymous with "instruction set architecture" since the
instructions are fairly meaningless in isolation from the registers etc. that
they manipulate.
(1999-07-05)
Nearby terms:
instruction mnemonic « instruction prefetch «
instruction scheduling « instruction set »
instruction set architecture » Instruction Set
Processor » instrument
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