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RISC
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
(computer science) a kind of computer architecture that has a relatively small set of computer instructions that it can perform
Synonyms:
reduced instruction set computer; reduced instruction set computing; RISC
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("RISC" is a kind of...):
architecture; computer architecture ((computer science) the structure and organization of a computer's hardware or system software)
Domain category:
computer science; computing (the branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structures)
Antonym:
CISC ((computer science) a kind of computer architecture that has a large number of instructions hard coded into the CPU chip)
