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RISC
DEFINITIONS OF:
RISC
1
n
(computer science) a kind of computer architecture that has a relatively small set of computer instructions that it can perform
Synonyms:
reduced instruction set computer
,
reduced instruction set computing
Antonyms:
CISC
,
complex instruction set computer
,
complex instruction set computing
(computer science) a kind of computer architecture that has a large number of instructions hard coded into the CPU chip
Type of:
architecture
,
computer architecture
(computer science) the structure and organization of a computer's hardware or system software
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