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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. n. A method of operating the control unit of a computer by breaking down the control instructions into a sequence of small steps.

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  1. v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of microprogram.

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  • “Derek turned it over in his hands, recognizing Home Systems work, a thin gold and jade communicator-cum-companion, voice activated, with a giga-bit memory, and enough microprogramming to play music, translate Bug signals, and teach you Classic French cooking, all at the same time.”

    Asimov's Science Fiction

  • “Within that span of time, you can have short periods of microprogramming intended to achieve just one thing.”

    FOXNews.com

  • “Wilkes came up with a new design principle, microprogramming, that greatly simplified the logical design of the new computer.”

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