complex instruction set computing

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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

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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