"instruction cycle" meaning in All languages combined

See instruction cycle on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: instruction cycles [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} instruction cycle (plural instruction cycles)
  1. (computing) 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. Categories (topical): Computing Synonyms: machine cycle, execution cycle, fetch-decode-execute cycle, fetch-execute cycle

Inflected forms

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