"pseudoinstruction" meaning in English

See pseudoinstruction in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: pseudoinstructions [plural]
Etymology: pseudo- + instruction Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|pseudo|instruction}} pseudo- + instruction Head templates: {{en-noun}} pseudoinstruction (plural pseudoinstructions)
  1. (programming) A command that resembles, but is not in fact, a machine instruction, such as a special directive or a command that is mapped to a sequence of real instructions. Categories (topical): Programming

Inflected forms

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