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instruction cycle

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.01 in modern English

Syllables
in-struc-tion -cy-cle
IPA
25
Scrabble Score
16
Letters
5
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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.

Inflected Forms

instruction cycles (plural)

Synonyms

machine cycle execution cycle fetch-decode-execute cycle fetch-execute cycle

Questions

What does instruction cycle mean?
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.

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