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reduced instruction set computer

re·duced in·struc·tion set com·put·er
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    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [ri-doost, -dyoost in-struhk-shuh n set kuh m-pyoo-ter]
    • /rɪˈdust, -ˈdyust ɪnˈstrʌk ʃən sɛt kəmˈpyu tər/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [ri-doost, -dyoost in-struhk-shuh n set kuh m-pyoo-ter]
    • /rɪˈdust, -ˈdyust ɪnˈstrʌk ʃən sɛt kəmˈpyu tər/

Definitions of reduced instruction set computer words

  • noun Technical meaning of reduced instruction set computer (processor)   (RISC) A processor whose design is based on the rapid execution of a sequence of simple instructions rather than on the provision of a large variety of complex instructions (as in a Complex Instruction Set Computer). Features which are generally found in RISC designs are uniform instruction encoding (e.g. the op-code is always in the same bit positions in each instruction which is always one word long), which allows faster decoding; a homogenous register set, allowing any register to be used in any context and simplifying compiler design; and simple addressing modes with more complex modes replaced by sequences of simple arithmetic instructions. Examples of (more or less) RISC processors are the Berkeley RISC, HP-PA, Clipper, i960, AMD 29000, MIPS R2000 and DEC Alpha. IBM's first RISC computer was the RT/PC (IBM 801), they now produce the RISC-based RISC System/6000 and SP/2 lines. Despite Apple Computer's bogus claims for their PowerPC-based Macintoshes, the first RISC processor used in a personal computer was the Advanced RISC Machine (ARM) used in the Acorn Archimedes. 1
  • noun reduced instruction set computer a computer that works on a kind of architecture that has a relatively small set of computer instructions that it can perform 0
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A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 93% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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