microcode
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English
[edit ]Etymology
[edit ]Noun
[edit ]microcode (usually uncountable , plural microcodes )
- (computing ) The collective microprograms in a CPU, used to run machine instructions.
Verb
[edit ]microcode (third-person singular simple present microcodes , present participle microcoding , simple past and past participle microcoded )
- (computing , transitive ) To write or rewrite (program instructions) in microcode, typically to optimize performance.
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