microinstruction
[ mahy-kroh-in-struhk-shuhn ]
nounComputers.
an instruction that defines part of a machine-language instruction in terms of simpler operations.
Origin of microinstruction
1First recorded in 1955–60; micro- + instruction
Words Nearby microinstruction
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British Dictionary definitions for microinstruction
microinstruction
/ (ˈmaɪkrəʊɪnˌstrʌkʃən) /
noun
computing an instruction produced within an arithmetic and logic unit in accordance with a microprogram, that activates a particular circuit to perform part of the operation specified by a machine instruction
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