- microinstruction
- noun Date: 1959 a computer instruction that activates the circuits necessary to perform a single machine operation usually as part of the execution of a machine-language instruction
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
microinstruction
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microinstruction — noun Computing a single instruction in microcode … English new terms dictionary
microinstruction — mi·cro·instruction … English syllables
microinstruction — n. a machine code instruction that effects a basic operation in a computer system … Useful english dictionary
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