CISC

views updated May 29 2018

CISC Acronym for complex instruction set computer. A conventional computer in which the instruction set has evolved to satisfy the needs of high-level languages and system software to enable generation of compact efficient object code, often in a time-sharing environment governed by an operating system. Compare RISC.

A Dictionary of Computing JOHN DAINTITH

CISC

views updated May 21 2018
A Dictionary of Nursing

CISC

views updated May 23 2018

CISC complex instruction-set computer (or chip)

The Oxford Dictionary of Abbreviations FRAN ALEXANDER , PETER BLAIR , JOHN DAINTITH , ALICE GRANDISON , VALERIE ILLINGWORTH , ELIZABETH MARTIN , ANNE STIBBS , JUDY PEARSALL , and SARA TULLOCH

More From encyclopedia.com

About this article

CISC

All Sources -
Updated Aug 08 2016 About encyclopedia.com content Print Topic

You Might Also Like