"superscalar" meaning in English

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Adjective

Etymology: super- + scalar Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|super|scalar}} super- + scalar Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} superscalar (not comparable)
  1. (computing, of a CPU architecture) Implementing instruction-level parallelism within a single processor, thereby allowing faster throughput than would otherwise be possible at the same clock speed. Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Computing
    Sense id: en-superscalar-en-adj-OTG0FJFw Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with super- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 86 14 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with super-: 62 38 Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences

Noun

Forms: superscalars [plural]
Etymology: super- + scalar Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|super|scalar}} super- + scalar Head templates: {{en-noun}} superscalar (plural superscalars)
  1. A superscalar processor, architecture or pipeline.
    Sense id: en-superscalar-en-noun-U0YNkEhx

Inflected forms

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