What is another word for complex instruction set computer?

It depends which complex instruction set computer you mean. In the sense “(computer science) a kind of computer architecture that has a large number of instructions hard coded into the CPU chip”, the synonyms are complex instruction set computing, CISC. Across all 1 sense there are 2 distinct synonyms, and they are not interchangeable with each other — this page lists them under the sense each one belongs to.

What is the opposite of complex instruction set computer?

The recorded antonym is reduced instruction set computer. Opposites are sense-specific too: this page shows which meaning each one is the opposite of, because a word rarely has a single opposite that holds for all of its senses.

Where do the synonyms for complex instruction set computer come from?

From Princeton University's WordNet, a lexical database maintained by lexicographers since 1985. A synonym here means a word form that shares a synset with this word — a set of forms interchangeable in one recorded context. Nothing on this page is generated by a language model.

Synonyms and antonyms

complex instruction set computer

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complex instruction set computer has 2 distinct synonyms spread across 1 of its 1 sense. Each sense below keeps its own list, because a synonym belongs to a meaning and not to a word: swapping one sense's substitute into another sense's sentence is how a thesaurus makes writing worse. Its one recorded opposite is reduced instruction set computer.

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Distinct synonyms: 1
Antonym: 1 of 1
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Counts are distinct word forms across every sense. A synonym that appears under three senses is counted once here and shown three times below, under each sense it belongs to.