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Definition: CISC |
CISCNoun1. (computer science) a kind of computer architecture that has a large number of instructions hard coded into the cpu chip. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| Domain | Definitions |
Computing | CISC Complex Instruction Set Computer. Source: The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
CISC | Danish | CISC-computer | Computing |
CISC | Dutch | Complex instruction set computer | Computing |
CISC | English | Central Information System Company | N/A |
CISC | French | Commission internationale de surveillance et de contrôle(Indochine) | International Organizations, Politics & International Affaires |
CISC | Greek | υπολογιστής συνόλου σύνθετων εντολ?ν | Computing |
CISC | Italian | Complex Instruction Set Computer Architettura tradizionale di elaborazione con set di istruzi oni(da cui deriva RISC-Reduced Instruction Set Computer:nuovo orientamento per realizzare un'architettura di elabora zione con set ridotto di istruzioni più semplici possibili) | Abbreviation, Computing |
CISC | Portuguese | Computador de conjunto de comandos complexos | Computing |
CISC | Spanish | Conjunto de instrucciones complejas para ordenador | Computing |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
Synonyms: CISCSynonyms: complex instruction set computer (n), complex instruction set computing (n). (additional references) |
| Antonym: reduced instruction set computing (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: CISC |
| Specialty definitions using "CISC": clock rate, Cyrix 6x86 ♦ green lightning ♦ Motorola, Inc.. (references) |
| Domain | Title |
Books | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| "CISC" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "CISC" is used about 6 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 6 | 143,867 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
cisc | 32 |
risc cisc | 14 |
risc vs cisc | 12 |
cisc processor | 9 |
arquitectura cisc | 3 |
cisc procesadores | 3 |
cisc tecnologia | 3 |
cisc.sbbtral.com ral | 3 |
architecture cisc instruction risc set vs | 2 |
cisc procesador | 2 |
cisc graficas risc y | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "CISC"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||
Danish | complex instruction set computer (complex instruction set computer), CISC-computer (complex instruction set computer), CISC (complex instruction set computer). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Dutch | complex instruction set computer (complex instruction set computer), CISC (complex instruction set computer). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Finnish | CISC-tietokone (complex instruction set computer). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
French | ordinateur jeu d'instruction complexe. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
German | CISC (complex instruction set computer). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Greek | CISC (complex instruction set computer), υπολογιστής συνόλου σύνθετων εντολ?ν (complex instruction set computer). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Italian | Complex Instruction Set Computer Architettura tradizionale di elaborazione con set di istruzi oni(da cui deriva RISC-Reduced Instruction Set Computer:nuovo orientamento per realizzare un'architettura di elabora zione con set ridotto di istruzioni più sem (Complex Instruction Set Computer), CISC (Complex Instruction Set Computer), Calcolatore elettronico basato su istruzioni complesse (Complex Instruction Set Computer), elaboratore con set di istruzioni complesso (complex instruction set computer). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Korean | "스크. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | isccay computador de conjunto de comandos complexos (complex instruction set computer), CISC (complex instruction set computer). (various references) conjunto de instrucciones complejas para ordenador (complex instruction set computer), CISC (complex instruction set computer). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "CISC": cisco, ciscoes, ciscos. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-c-i-s" | |
-1 letter: cis, sic. | |
-2 letters: is, si. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-c-i-s" | |
+1 letter: chics, cisco. | |
+2 letters: boccis, caseic, cercis, chicks, chicos, circus, ciscos, civics, clicks, colics, comics, conics, cosmic, cricks, crisic, cubics, cynics, cystic, scenic, siccan, sicced. | |
+3 letters: acacias, alcaics, arctics, ascetic, ascitic, boccias, boccies, calices, calicos, carices, carsick, caustic, celiacs, chasmic, chemics, chicest, chichis, chicles, choices, chymics, cicadas, cicalas, ciceros, cilices, cimices, cinches, circles, circusy, ciscoes, classic, clastic, clerics, cliches, clinics, clitics, cocains, coccids, cochins, cockish, codices, concise, cretics, critics, culices, cycasin, cyclist, cylices, hiccups, icecaps, icicles, ipecacs, picnics, psychic, ricracs, sacculi, scaldic, scandic, sceptic, schtick, sciatic, science, scraich, sebacic, siccing, silicic, sirocco, smectic, stichic, succubi, tactics, tictacs, tictocs. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)43 49 53 43 |
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| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)
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| Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-.-. .. ... -.-. |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000011 01001001 01010011 01000011 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)C I S C |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0043 0049 0053 0043 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)37435337 |
| Language | Coverage | Language Translations |
Danish | ordbog, deskriptordefinition, oversættelse | tanskalainen, danois, dänisch, δανικόσ, δανόσ, danese, 덴마크, dinamarquês, danés |
Dutch | woordenboek, definitie, translatie | hollandsk, hollantilainen, néerlandais, holländisch, ολλανδικόσ, ολλανδόσ, olandese, 네덜란", holandês, holandés |
Finnish | määritelmä, translaatio, taajuusmuutos | suomi, suomalainen, finnois, Finlandaise, finlandais, finnisch, φινλανδικόσ, finlandese, 핀란", finlandês, finês, finlandés, finés |
French | dictionnaire, définition, traduction | ranskalainen, français, französisch, γαλλικόσ, γαλλική γλώσσα, γαλλίδα, γάλλοσ, francese, "랑스, francês, francés |
German | Übersetzung, Wörterbuch, Definition | tysker, Duitse, saksalainen, allemand, "ερμανός, tedesco, 독일, alemão, alemán |
Greek | λεξικό, ορισμός, μετάφραση | græker, kreikkalainen, grec, grieche, ελληνικόσ, 'Ελληνας, greco, 그리스, grego, griego |
Italian | dizionario, definizione, traduzione | italiener, italialainen, italien, italienisch, Ιταλός, italiano, 이탈리아 |
Korean | 사 , 의, 번역 | Koreaans, coréen, koreanisch, Koreaner, κορεάτικοσ, κορεάτησ, 한국, coréia, a língua coreana, coreano |
Portuguese | dicionário, definição, tradução | portugiser, portugalilainen, portugais, portugiesisch, πορτογάλοσ, ορτογάλος, portoghese, 포르투갈, português, portugués |
Spanish | diccionario, definición, traducción | Spaans, espanjalainen, espagnol, spanisch, ισπανικά, ισπανικόσ, ισπανοί, spagnolo, 스페인, espanhol, español |
English | Dictionary, Definition, Translation | englantia, englantilainen, anglais, englisch, εγγλέζοσ, αγγλικόσ, inglese, 영국, inglês, inglés |
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