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MICROINSTRUCTION [2 records]

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Record 1 - external organization data 2006-01-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment - ISO/IEC JTC 1 Information Technology Vocabulary
Universal entry(ies)
07.08.01 (2382)
ISO/IEC standard entry number
DEF

directive that specifies one or more of the basic operations needed to carry out a machine instruction or another self-contained hardware function, and that denotes the operands belonging to these operations

OBS

Microinstructions are the true machine instructions, and microcode is used to create a virtual machine that appears to have a more user-friendly instruction set.

OBS

microinstruction: term and definition standardized by ISO/IEC [ISO/IEC 2382-7:2000].

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tiroir - ISO/CEI JTC 1 Vocabulaire des technologies de l'information
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
07.08.01 (2382)
ISO/IEC standard entry number
DEF

directive spécifiant les opérations de base nécessaires pour effectuer une instruction machine ou toute autre fonction matérielle autonome, et identifiant les opérandes de ces opérations

OBS

Les micro-instructions sont les véritables instructions machine, et le microcode est utilisé pour créer une machine virtuelle qui semble disposer d'un jeu d'instructions plus convivial.

OBS

micro-instruction : terme et définition normalisés par l'ISO/CEI [ISO/IEC 2382-7:2000].

Spanish

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Record 2 2004-09-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Computer Programs and Programming
DEF

A directive that specifies one or more of the basic operations needed to carry out a machine instruction or another selfcontained hardware function, and that denotes the operands belonging to these operations.

OBS

Microinstructions are the true machine instructions, and microcode is used to create a virtual machine that appears to have a more user-friendly instruction set.

OBS

microinstruction: term standardized by ISO/IEC and CSA.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Programmes et programmation (Informatique)
DEF

Directive spécifiant les opérations de base nécessaires à l'exécution d'une instruction machine, ou de toute autre fonction matérielle autonome, et identifiant les opérandes de ces opérations.

OBS

Les micro-instructions sont les véritables instructions machines, et le microcode est utilisé pour créer une machine virtuelle qui semble disposer d'un jeu d'instructions plus convivial.

OBS

micro-instruction : terme normalisé par l'ISO/CEI et la CSA.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Programas y programación (Informática)
DEF

Instrucción de tipo pequeño, único, corto, de suma, corrimiento o supresión.

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