complex instruction set computing

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 computerCISC

   Antonymsreduced instruction set computing

   Broadercomputer architecture

   computer science

Questions about complex instruction set computing

What does complex instruction set computing mean?

complex instruction set computing 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 computing?

Close synonyms include complex instruction set computer, 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 computing?

The recorded antonyms are reduced instruction set computing.

Is complex instruction set computing a common word?

complex instruction set computing 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.