Definitions
Wiktionary
- n. computing The collective microprograms in a CPU, used to run machine instructions.
WordNet 3.0
- n. (computer science) coded instructions that are stored permanently in read-only memory
Etymologies
- micro- + code (Wiktionary)
Examples
“It claims the manufacturer infringes copyrights Microchip holds for the "microcode" used in some of its older integrated circuits.”
“Mr. Stephenson claimed that America did four things better than anyone else—music, movies, microcode software and high-speed pizza delivery—and then concentrated on the pizzas.”
“Nevertheless, the very design of this project was so powerful that it introduced the modern ideas of assembly language, microcode, and thecomputer programmer.”
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“HP microprocessor - the only difference between them was the final metal mask layer which slightly customized the microcode with the largest difference being between the 41 and the 10-seres.”
“There's only four things we do better than anyone else: music, movies, microcode (software), and high-speed pizza delivery.”
“When did you guys last do microcode or machine language?”
“Likewise for the microcode of the machine that runs your program, or even the chip design.”
“How do you know someone hasn't patched the microcode in your CPU?”
“And the microcode instructions cause unnecessary risk,”
“In addition to the personal inexperience of founders, there have been shifts in the U.S. Patent Court, and court or trial results in areas such as copyrighting microcode and patents related to the Internet that affect the security of intellectual property.”
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