Instruction cycle

Noun

Word Frequency: 0.1

Definitions

1.NounThe steps that a central processing unit undertakes in order to process a single instruction, consisting of fetching, decoding, and executing the instruction in question and updating the program counter.

Synonyms

execution cycle machine cycle instruction instruction set clock cycle execution subinstruction microinstruction stepping machine instruction computation history nanoinstruction

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