English Explanatory Dictionary

instruction cycle

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. 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.

Word forms

instruction cycle instruction cycles

Synonyms

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