instruction execution

Definitions of instruction execution
  1. noun
    (computer science) the process of carrying out an instruction by a computer
    synonyms: execution
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    types:
    batch processing
    the serial execution of computer programs
    concurrent execution, multiprogramming
    the execution of two or more computer programs by a single computer
    type of:
    physical process, process
    a sustained phenomenon or one marked by gradual changes through a series of states
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