Instruction set

Total group of instructions that can be executed by a given microprocessor. Must be supplied to the user to provide the basic information necessary to assemble a program.

functional-block instruction set

Automation; Industrial automation

A set of instructions that moves, transfers, compares, or sequences blocks of data.

complex instruction set computing

Software; Operating systems

The implementation of complex instructions in a microprocessor design so that they can be invoked at the assembly language level. The instructions can be very powerful, allowing ...

reduced instruction set computing

Telecommunications; General telecom

Reduced instruction set computing is a CPU design strategy based on the insight that simplified (as opposed to complex) instructions can provide higher performance if this ...

requirements derivation

Computer; Software; Software engineering

(1) In a hierarchical structure, the next lower level that is associated with a given element. The lower element is said to be derived from the higher element. (2) In system ...

detailed design phase

Computer; Software; Software engineering

The software development lifecycle phase during which the detailed design process takes place, using the software system design and software architecture from the previous phase ...

risk factor

Computer; Software; Software engineering

A potential problem that would be detrimental to a planned activity, project, or program, characterized by the probability of problem occurrence (0 _ p _ 1) and a potential loss ...

optimization analysis

Computer; Software; Software engineering

A form of decision analysis that balances competing components to achieve the best performance. Software’s classic space-time trade-off is an example of optimization; an algorithm ...

software cost-estimation model

Computer; Software; Software engineering

Any one of several quantitative methods of estimating the expected cost (and some times schedule) of a software project. Quantitative techniques are generally based on empirically ...

detailed design description

Computer; Software; Software engineering

A document that describes the exact detailed configuration of a computer program. It identifies the input, output, control logic, algorithms, and data structure of each individual ...

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U.S. Anti-Doping Agency

The United States Anti-Doping Agency is a organisation and the national anti-doping organisation of the United States of America. The organisation was ...