Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A method of programming a computer's central processing unit by breaking down the control instructions into a sequence of smaller steps.
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- verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
microprogram .
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Examples
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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.
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Within that span of time, you can have short periods of microprogramming intended to achieve just one thing.
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Wilkes came up with a new design principle, microprogramming, that greatly simplified the logical design of the new computer.
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