reduced instruction set computing

1. 1.

   (computer science) a kind of computer architecture that has a relatively small set of computer instructions that it can perform

   Synonymsreduced instruction set computerRISC

   Antonymscomplex instruction set computing

   Broadercomputer architecture

   computer science

Questions about reduced instruction set computing

What does reduced instruction set computing mean?

reduced instruction set computing means "(computer science) a kind of computer architecture that has a relatively small set of computer instructions that it can perform".

What is another word for reduced instruction set computing?

Close synonyms include reduced instruction set computer, RISC. 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 reduced instruction set computing?

The recorded antonyms are complex instruction set computing.

Is reduced instruction set computing a common word?

reduced 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.