reduced instruction set computing

Questions about reduced instruction set computing

What is another word for reduced instruction set computing?

It depends which reduced instruction set computing you mean. In the sense “(computer science) a kind of computer architecture that has a relatively small set of computer instructions that it can perform”, the synonyms are reduced instruction set computer, RISC. 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 reduced instruction set computing?

The recorded antonym is complex instruction set computing. 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 reduced instruction set computing 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.

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