microinstruction
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mi·cro·in·struc·tion

noun \-ˈstrək-shən\

Definition of MICROINSTRUCTION

: a computer instruction that activates the circuits necessary to perform a single machine operation usually as part of the execution of a machine-language instruction

First Known Use of MICROINSTRUCTION

1959

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