instruction cycle
instruction cycle · instruction cycles
The steps that a central processing unit undertakes in order to process a single…The steps that a central processing unit undertakes in order to process a single instruction, consisting of fetching, decoding, and executing the instruction in question and updating the program counter.
Meaning
1 sensesThe steps that a central processing unit undertakes in order to process a single instruction, consisting of fetching, decoding, and executing the instruction in question and updating the program counter.
Forms
plural: instruction cycles| Singular | instruction cycle |
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regular
Synonyms
4 synonymsmachine cycleexecution cyclefetch-decode-execute cyclefetch-execute cycle