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- noun computing A set of
microinstructions in aCPU , used to implementmachine instructions - verb computing to manually write a microprogram
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Examples
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Babbage's microprogram mechanism, from Charles Babbage's Analytical Engine, 1838, Bromley, Allan G., in IEEE Annals of the History of Computing, vol. 20, No. 4, 1998.
Babbage-Boole Digital Arithmetical and Logical Mill: Part 2 « The Half-Baked Maker 2009
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August 27th, 2006 at 1: 24 am PDT preempt microprogram alderman ruffianly: barbaric?
BlogBeat Rocking The Blog Stat Beats! Nik Cubrilovic 2005
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The microprogram editor window allows for microprogram and aids in simulation.
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