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instruction cycles

instruction cycles is the plural of instruction cycle.

Meaning of instruction cycle

Noun

instruction cycle (plural instruction cycles)

  1. The steps that a central processing unit undertakes in order to process a single instruction, consisting of fetching, decoding, and executing the instruction in question and updating the program counter.
    Synonyms:
    machine cycle, execution cycle, fetch-decode-execute cycle, fetch-execute cycle

Questions about instruction cycles

What is instruction cycles the plural of?
Instruction cycles is the plural of instruction cycle.

Words near instruction cycles in the dictionary

  1. instructeth
  2. instructible
  3. instructing
  4. instruction
  5. instruction cycle
  6. instruction cycles
  7. instruction set
  8. instruction set architecture
  9. instruction sets
  10. instruction time
  11. instruction times

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