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complex instruction set computing

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Noun1.complex instruction set computing - (computer science) a kind of computer architecture that has a large number of instructions hard coded into the CPU chip
complex instruction set computer, CISC
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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TAEC) Monday announced that software updates for development tools that support the company's Complex Instruction Set Computing (CISC) microcontroller products are now directly downloadable from the TAEC's Web site.
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RISC is a microprocessor architecture that uses simpler instructions and that therefore can perform computations faster than the traditional complex instruction set computing (CISC) architecture.
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