noun
(computer science) a kind of computer architecture that has a large number of instructions hard coded into the CPU chip
• Syn: ↑complex instruction set computing, ↑CISC
• Ant: ↑RISC (for: ↑CISC), ↑reduced instruction set computer, ↑reduced instruction set computing (for: ↑complex instruction set computing)
• Topics: ↑computer science, ↑computing
• Hypernyms: ↑computer architecture, ↑architecture
Useful english dictionary. 2012.