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Definition: CISC

Part of Speech Definition
Noun 1. An agency of the Canadian government that unifies the intelligence units of Canadian law enforcement agencies.[Wordnet]
2. (computer science) a kind of computer architecture that has a large number of instructions hard coded into the CPU chip.[Wordnet].

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"Cisc" is a common misspelling or typo for: kiss, disc, chic, cask, cyst, cisco, cuss, cist, cusec.

Date "Cisc" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1963. (references)

Specialty Definition: CISC

Domain Definition
Computing CISC Complex Instruction Set Computer Source: The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing.
Mining Continuous Inventory of Stand Conditions. (references)
Technology 1: Complex Instructions Set Computers. (references)
  2: Complex Instruction Set Computing chipsets such as the Intel family of popular 386, 486, and Pentium competitors and the Motorola 680x0 family in Mac computers. These were the most popular processors until the RISC alternatives entered the market. The future of CISC versus RISC is now up in the air. See also Pentium, USENet, and RISC. (references)

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Specialty Expressions: CISC

Expressions Domain Definition
CISC (Complex Instruction Set Computer) Technology As opposed to RISC, a CISC design uses a much larger instruction set. More instructions permit more efficient compilers; however, it has a cost in terms of chip complexity. (references)

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Abbreviations & Acronyms: CISC

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).

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Topics by Level of Interest: CISC

Topics sorted by level of Interest Level (1=low, 600=high)     Topics sorted Alphabetically Level (1=low, 600=high)
Sony CISC 10     Sony CISC 10

Source: the editor, created by/for EVE to gauge likely levels of human interest in linguistically triggered topics (compiled across various sources, such as Wikipedia and specialty expression glosses).

"CISC" is a common misspelling or typo for: kiss, disc, chic, cask, cyst, cisco, cuss, cist, cusec.

Synonyms: CISC
Position Synonyms (sorted by strength)

Expression

 complex instruction set computer, complex instruction set computing, criminal intelligence services of Canada.
Consider also: complex instruction set chip.
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Computed Synonyms: CISC

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 Synonyms

 Synonyms of synonym

 1   12.0171   CISC     complex instruction set computer         
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Antonym: CISC
Position Antonym (sorted by strength)

Expression

 reduced instruction set computing.
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Translations: CISC

Language Translations (or nearest inflections or synonyms, in parentheses)
Brazilian Portuguese computador de conjunto de comandos complexos (CISC, complex instruction set computer), CISC (CISC, complex instruction set computer). Additional references: Brazilian Portuguese, Portugal, Angola, CISC. (volunteer & more translations)
Central Danish complex instruction set computer (CISC), CISC-computer (CISC, complex instruction set computer). Additional references: Central Danish, Denmark, Germany, CISC. (volunteer & more translations)
Chinese Simplified 复杂指令集 (CISC). Additional references: Chinese Simplified, China, Brunei, CISC. (volunteer & more translations)
Chinese Traditional 複雜指令集電腦 (CISC), 複雜指令集運算 (CISC), 複雜指令集計算機 (CISC, complex instruction set computer), 複雜指令集 (CISC, complex instruction set computer), 複雜指今集電腦 (CISC). Additional references: Chinese Traditional, China, Brunei, CISC. (volunteer & more translations)
Danish complex instruction set computer (CISC), CISC-computer (CISC, complex instruction set computer). Additional references: Danish, Denmark, Germany, CISC. (volunteer & more translations)
Dansk complex instruction set computer (CISC), CISC-computer (CISC, complex instruction set computer). Additional references: Dansk, Denmark, Germany, CISC. (volunteer & more translations)
Finnish CISC-tietokone (CISC, complex instruction set computer). Additional references: Finnish, Finland, Russia (Europe), CISC. (volunteer & more translations)
Japanese シスク (CISC), 複雑命令セットコンピュータ (CISC, complex instruction set computer), 複合命令セットコンピューター (CISC, composite instruction set computer), 複合命令セットコンピュータ (CISC). Additional references: Japanese, Japan, Taiwan, CISC. (volunteer & more translations)
Latvian CISC dators (CISC, complex instruction set computer). Additional references: Latvian, Latvia, CISC. (volunteer & more translations)
Latviska CISC dators (CISC, complex instruction set computer). Additional references: Latviska, Latvia, CISC. (volunteer & more translations)
Lettisch CISC dators (CISC, complex instruction set computer). Additional references: Lettisch, Latvia, CISC. (volunteer & more translations)
Lettish CISC dators (CISC, complex instruction set computer). Additional references: Lettish, Latvia, CISC. (volunteer & more translations)
Portuguese computador de conjunto de comandos complexos (CISC, complex instruction set computer), CISC (CISC, complex instruction set computer). Additional references: Portuguese, Portugal, Angola, CISC. (volunteer & more translations)
Russian компьютер со сложным набором инструкций (CISC, complex instruction set computer). Additional references: Russian, Russia, China, CISC. (volunteer & more translations)
Russian (transliteration) kompʹyuter so slozhnym naborom instruktsiy (CISC, complex instruction set computer). Additional references: Russian, Russia, China, CISC. (volunteer & more translations)
Russki компьютер со сложным набором инструкций (CISC, complex instruction set computer). Additional references: Russki, Russia, China, CISC. (volunteer & more translations)
Russki (transliteration) kompʹyuter so slozhnym naborom instruktsiy (CISC, complex instruction set computer). Additional references: Russki, Russia, China, CISC. (volunteer & more translations)
Sjaelland complex instruction set computer (CISC), CISC-computer (CISC, complex instruction set computer). Additional references: Sjaelland, Denmark, Germany, CISC. (volunteer & more translations)
Spanish conjunto de instrucciones complejas para ordenador (CISC, complex instruction set computer). Additional references: Spanish, Spain, Mexico, CISC. (volunteer & more translations)
Suomea CISC-tietokone (CISC, complex instruction set computer). Additional references: Suomea, Finland, Russia (Europe), CISC. (volunteer & more translations)
Suomi CISC-tietokone (CISC, complex instruction set computer). Additional references: Suomi, Finland, Russia (Europe), CISC. (volunteer & more translations)
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Constructed Language Translations: CISC

Language Translations for “CISC” or closest synonym(s); back translations in parentheses.
Pig Latin ISCCAY (CISC). Additional references: Pig Latin, CISC. (volunteer)
Terran B Ciscutad (CISC). Additional references: Terran B, CISC. (volunteer)
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