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T-state

T-state noun: a single clock pulse of a microprocessor.

Noun

T-state (plural T-states)

  1. A single clock pulse of a microprocessor.
    • The execution of a microprocessor instruction involves an M1 cycle comprising four T-states and an M2 cycle requiring five T-states.2012, Mike Tooley, David Wyatt, Aircraft Digital Electronic and Computer Systems, page 86

Forms of T-state

pluralT-states

Questions about T-state

What does T-state mean?
T-state means a single clock pulse of a microprocessor.
What part of speech is T-state?
T-state is a noun.
What is the plural of T-state?
The plural of T-state is T-states.

Words near T-state in the dictionary

  1. T-splice
  2. T-splices
  3. T-SQL
  4. T-square
  5. T-squares
  6. T-state
  7. T-states
  8. T-step
  9. T-steps
  10. T-stop
  11. T-stopped

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