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machine instructions

machine instructions is the plural of machine instruction.

Meaning of machine instruction

Noun

machine instruction (plural machine instructions)

  1. Any of a set of discrete instructions, each with its own binary representation and associated assembly language mnemonic, that a CPU can execute; typically they involve the movement, comparison or manipulation of data.

Questions about machine instructions

What is machine instructions the plural of?
Machine instructions is the plural of machine instruction.

Words near machine instructions in the dictionary

  1. machine gunners
  2. machine guns
  3. machine head
  4. machine heads
  5. machine instruction
  6. machine instructions
  7. machine intelligence
  8. machine intelligences
  9. machine lace
  10. machine language
  11. machine languages

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