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complex instruction set computing - (computer science) a kind of computer architecture that has a large number of instructions hard coded into the CPU chip

computer architecture, architecture - (computer science) the structure and organization of a computer's hardware or system software; "the architecture of a computer's system software"

computer science, computing - the branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structures

reduced instruction set computer, reduced instruction set computing, 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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Although PowerPC--the creation of Apple, Motorola and IBM efforts--has failed to take hold of the consumer market the way Pentium has, its backers maintain that PowerPC is a superior processor, built largely on its RISC (reduced instruction set computing) technology, which essentially requires fewer programming steps compared with the CISC (complex instruction set computing) technology of Pentium.

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HP sees data processing evolving from centralized mainframe-based data centers with expert-mediated user access to client-server systems with direct desktop user access, from closed to open architectures, from large support requirements to small-staff, low-cost support, and from costly complex instruction set computing to less-expensive RISC technology.

Moving off mainframes: newspaper business systems vendors port products to midrange computers; client-server systems run on HP PA-RISC, DEC Alpha AXP-based platforms

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