Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

flynn's taxonomy

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.55 in modern English

Syllables: fly-n-n's -tax-on-o-my
IPA

32

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

7

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A system for classification of computer architectures, based on the number of concurrent instruction (or control) streams and data streams available.

Etymology

Proposed by Michael J. Flynn in 1966.

Frequently Paired Words

MIMD MISD SIMD SISD

Questions

What does flynn's taxonomy mean?: A system for classification of computer architectures, based on the number of concurrent instruction (or control) streams and data streams available.
Where does flynn's taxonomy come from?: Proposed by Michael J. Flynn in 1966.

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