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Reduced Instruction Set Computer (Noun)

Meaning

(computer science) a kind of computer architecture that has a relatively small set of computer instructions that it can perform.

Classification

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects.

Examples

  • The RISC philosophy emphasizes a smaller set of instructions that can be combined to perform complex tasks efficiently in a reduced instruction set computer.
  • Reduced instruction set computers typically use a load/store architecture in which data must be loaded into registers before it can be manipulated.
  • One of the primary advantages of a reduced instruction set computer is its high speed, which is achieved by having a simplified instruction set and pipelining.
  • The design of a reduced instruction set computer seeks to minimize the number of clock cycles required to execute instructions.
  • By having fewer instructions to process, memory access and execution speeds in a reduced instruction set computer are increased.

Synonyms

  • Reduced Instruction Set Computing
  • RISC

Antonyms

  • Complex Instruction Set Computer

Hypernyms

  • Computer Architecture
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