instruction : Idioms & Phrases

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book of instructions

  • noun a manual usually accompanying a technical device and explaining how to install or operate it
    instruction manual; book of instructions; instructions.
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catechetical instruction

  • noun teaching religious principles by questions and answers
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Clinical instruction

  • instruction by means of clinics.
Webster 1913

complex instruction set computer

  • noun (computer science) a kind of computer architecture that has a large number of instructions hard coded into the CPU chip
    complex instruction set computer; CISC.
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complex instruction set computing

  • noun (computer science) a kind of computer architecture that has a large number of instructions hard coded into the CPU chip
    complex instruction set computer; CISC.
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course of instruction

  • noun education imparted in a series of lessons or meetings
    course of study; course; class.
    • he took a course in basket weaving
    • flirting is not unknown in college classes
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instruction book

  • noun a book of directions for using or operating some piece of equipment
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instruction execution

  • noun (computer science) the process of carrying out an instruction by a computer
    execution.
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instruction manual

  • noun a manual usually accompanying a technical device and explaining how to install or operate it
    instruction manual; book of instructions; instructions.
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macro instruction

  • noun a single computer instruction that results in a series of instructions in machine language
    macro.
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million instructions per second

  • noun (computer science) a unit for measuring the execution speed of a computer's CPU (but not the whole system)
    MIPS.
    • 4 MIPS is 4,000,000 instructions per second
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operating instructions

  • noun a manual usually accompanying a technical device and explaining how to install or operate it
    instruction manual; book of instructions; instructions.
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reduced instruction set computer

  • noun (computer science) a kind of computer architecture that has a relatively small set of computer instructions that it can perform
    reduced instruction set computer; RISC.
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reduced instruction set computing

  • noun (computer science) a kind of computer architecture that has a relatively small set of computer instructions that it can perform
    reduced instruction set computer; RISC.
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supervisor call instruction

  • noun an instruction that interrupts the program being executed and passes control to the supervisor
    system call.
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