complex instruction set computer

1. 1.

   (computer science) a kind of computer architecture that has a large number of instructions hard coded into the CPU chip

   Synonymscomplex instruction set computingCISC

   Antonymsreduced instruction set computer

   Broadercomputer architecture

   computer science

Questions about complex instruction set computer

What does complex instruction set computer mean?

complex instruction set computer means "(computer science) a kind of computer architecture that has a large number of instructions hard coded into the CPU chip".

What is another word for complex instruction set computer?

Close synonyms include complex instruction set computing, CISC. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

What is the opposite of complex instruction set computer?

The recorded antonyms are reduced instruction set computer.

Is complex instruction set computer a common word?

complex instruction set computer is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.