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Definition of Complex instruction set computing
1. Noun. (computer science) a kind of computer architecture that has a large number of instructions hard coded into the CPU chip.
Generic synonyms: Architecture, Computer Architecture
Category relationships: Computer Science, Computing
Antonyms: Risc, Reduced Instruction Set Computer, Reduced Instruction Set Computing
Lexicographical Neighbors of Complex Instruction Set Computing
Literary usage of Complex instruction set computing
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Global Competitiveness of the U. S. Computer Software and Service Industriesby DIANE Publishing Company by DIANE Publishing Company (1995)
"... IS to 50 percent higher than traditional PC microprocessors (complex instruction
set computing processors), due to their streamlined instruction set. ..."
2. Information Engineering: Identification of Influential Technologies, Impact by Uday Phadke, Paul Ormerod, Christopher Coggill, Kaush Kotak (1997)
"The industry is currently led by Intel and Intel-comparable processors that are
based on complex instruction-set computing (CISC) technology. ..."
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