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Meaning of "microcode" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF MICROCODE

microcode  [ˈmaɪkrəʊˌkəʊd] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF MICROCODE

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Microcode is a noun.
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WHAT DOES MICROCODE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Microcode

Microcode is a layer of hardware-level instructions or data structures involved in the implementation of higher level machine code instructions in central processing units, and in the implementation of the internal logic of many channel controllers, disk controllers, network interface controllers, network processors, graphics processing units, and other hardware. It resides in special high-speed memory and translates machine instructions into sequences of detailed circuit-level operations. It helps separate the machine instructions from the underlying electronics so that instructions can be designed and altered more freely. It also makes it feasible to build complex multi-step instructions while still reducing the complexity of the electronic circuitry compared to other methods. Writing microcode is often called microprogramming and the microcode in a particular processor implementation is sometimes called a microprogram. Modern microcode is normally written by an engineer during the processor design phase and stored in a ROM or PLA structure, or a combination of both. However, machines also exist which have some microcode stored in SRAM or flash memory.

Definition of microcode in the English dictionary

The definition of microcode in the dictionary is a set of microinstructions.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH MICROCODE


code
kəʊd
colour-code
ˈkʌləˌkəʊd
decode
diːˈkəʊd
encode
ɪnˈkəʊd
geocode
ˈdʒiːəʊˌkəʊd
Kozhikode
ˌkəʊʒɪˈkəʊd
macrocode
ˈmækrəʊˌkəʊd
miscode
ˌmɪsˈkəʊd
opcode
ˈɒpˌkəʊd
ostracode
ˈɒstrəˌkəʊd
postcode
ˈpəʊstˌkəʊd
precode
priːˈkəʊd
pseudocode
ˈsjuːdəʊˌkəʊd
recode
riːˈkəʊd
sarcode
ˈsɑːkəʊd
subcode
ˈsʌbˌkəʊd
transcode
trænzˈkəʊd
Unicode
ˈjuːnɪˌkəʊd
zincode
ˈzɪŋkəʊd

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE MICROCODE

microclimatically
microclimatologic
microclimatological
microclimatologist
microclimatology
microcline
micrococcal
micrococci
micrococcus
microcomponent
microcomputer
microcomputing
microcopies
microcopy
microcosm
microcosmic
microcosmic salt
microcosmical
microcosmically
microcosmos

WORDS THAT END LIKE MICROCODE

access code
area code
bar code
binary code
character code
colour code
country code
criminal code
dress code
ethical code
genetic code
Morse code
national code
penal code
postal code
source code
STD code
stock code
tax code
zip code

Synonyms and antonyms of microcode in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «microcode» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF MICROCODE

Find out the translation of microcode to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of microcode from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «microcode» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

microcódigo
570 millions of speakers

English

microcode
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

माइक्रोकोड
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الرمز الصغير
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

микрокода
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

microcódigo
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

মাইক্রো-
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

microcode
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Microcode
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Microcode
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

マイクロコード
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

마이크로
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Microcode
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

vi
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

மைக்ரோகோடைப்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

मायक्रोोड
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

microcode
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

microcodice
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

microcode
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

микрокода
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

microcode
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

μικροκώδικα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

microcode
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

mikrokod
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

mikrokode
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of microcode

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «MICROCODE»

The term «microcode» is regularly used and occupies the 103.516 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «MICROCODE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «microcode» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «microcode» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about microcode

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MICROCODE»

Discover the use of microcode in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to microcode and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Inside the Machine: An Illustrated Introduction to ...
As mentioned earlier, the technical innovation that made this abstract layer possible was something called the microcode engine. A microcode engine is sort of like a CPU within a CPU. It consists of a tiny bit of storage, the microcode ROM,  ...
Jon Stokes, 2007
2
Malware: Fighting Malicious Code
Built-in Microprogram Memory Flash Memory for 5toring New Microcode Image New : " Image Kernel 5pecial Drivers for Updating BIO5 Flash Memory -..^^ New . Microcode Image Loaded into CPU during system boot Written to Flash Memory ...
Ed Skoudis, 2004
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Write Great Code: Understanding the Machine
CPUs based on microcode contain a small, very fast execution unit (circuitry in the CPU that is responsible for executing a particular function) that uses the binary opcode to select a set of instructions from the microcode bank. This microcode ...
Randall Hyde, 2004
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CISCO IOS QUICK REFERENCE | CHEAT SHEET: Douglas Chick CCNA ...
Router(config)# microcode oc3POS-4 flash slot0:fip.v141-7 10 Router(config)# microcode reload 10 To load a Cisco IOS software image on a line card from Flash memory or the GRP card on a Cisco 12000 series Gigabit Switch Router ( GSR), ...
Douglas Chick, 2013
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Fortress Rochester: The Inside Story of the IBM ISeries
The software to accomplish this is often called microcode. The kernel of the S/38 operating system was called microcode to avoid the problem of bundling software. Bundling was a practice computer companies used in the 1960s that required ...
Frank G. Soltis, 2001
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Formal Methods in Circuit Design
Victoria Stavridou. [ addr 12 ] [ addr 13 ] [ addr 14 ] [ addr 15 ] [ addr 16 ] [ addr 17 ] [ addr 18 ] [ addr 19 ] [ addr 20 ] [ addr 21 ] [ addr 22 ] [ addr 23 ] [ addr 24 ] [ addr 25 ] = microcode(wordn(5, 12)) = microcode (wordn (5, 13)) = microcode (wordn ...
Victoria Stavridou, 1993
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Encyclopedia of Computer Science and Technology: Volume 28 - ...
For such a small amount of microcode, the cost of developing a compiler is difficult to justify. Compilers for languages such as FORTRAN sell many copies, allowing a reasonable per,piece cost and distributing the development cost over a ...
Allen Kent, James G. Williams, 1993
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Communicating Process Architectures 2007: WoTUG-30 : ...
We aim to prove that bytecodes are correctly implemented by microcode instructions. Figure 1 shows a simplified architecture of the Score processor. The specific details of the architecture are not important for the purposes of this paper.
Alistair A. McEwan, Steve Schneider, Wilson Ifill, 2007
9
Encyclopedia of Microcomputers: Volume 25 - Supplement 4
Appending low-order zeros to the macroinstruction opcode, implying that the microcode routines are organized as fixed-offset segments within the control store (as in Wilkes' original scheme1 • Appending high-order zeros to the m aero  ...
Allen Kent, James G. Williams, 2000
10
VLSI Risc Architecture and Organization
Microcode, or microprogramming, was first proposed by Wilkes and Stringer ( 1953) as a way of making the logic which is used to control the function of the CPU more regular. It enables a simple datapath to perform a complex instruction, and it ...
S. B. Furber, 1989

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MICROCODE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term microcode is used in the context of the following news items.
1
What If NUMA Scaling Was Easier And Cheaper?
That's why Numascale has been hard at work transforming its NUMA hardware and microcode so it can be used on any system, not just ... «The Platform, Jul 15»
2
Sapphire R9 300 Series Review Roundup
AMD has deployed ASIC and microcode enhancements, designed to improve power efficiency, larger default video memory capacities and ... «bit-tech.net, Jul 15»
3
Crucial Rolls Out Firmware MU02 for Its MX200 SSD - Update Now
... also gives the SSD the ability to make use of READ DMA BUFFER, WRITE DMA BUFFER, and DOWNLOAD MICROCODE DMA commands. «Softpedia News, Jul 15»
4
NYSE outage highlights need for IT automation
Working off the same microcode and firmware, for example, along with all the same architecture and software versions can help cut down on ... «TechTarget, Jul 15»
5
MSI R9 390X Gaming 8GB Review
AMD has been able to mature the ASIC design and introduce microcode enhancements which result in some thermal benefits and a reduced ... «bit-tech.net, Jul 15»
6
Sapphire R9 390 Nitro 8GB Review
... have been able to enhance the ASIC design by implementing microcode enhancements and the manufacturing processes have improved. «KitGuru, Jul 15»
7
eDRAM Overclocking on the Intel Core i7-5775C Broadwell CPU
The performance numbers you'll see below are different than the ones in the initial article as ASUS changed the microcode in the UEFI and we ... «Legit Reviews, Jun 15»
8
Sapphire R9 390X Tri-X 8GB Review
... have been able to enhance the ASIC design by implementing microcode enhancements and the manufacturing processes have improved. «KitGuru, Jun 15»
9
AMD Radeon 300-series explored
The 18 months since the launch of the Hawaii core has enabled AMD to improve the ASIC design by introducing microcode enhancements, ... «HEXUS, Jun 15»
10
Intel Becomes An ARM Mobile Device Maker
The added processing for translation into microcode takes up additional real estate on the chip itself. Additional chip area equals additional ... «Seeking Alpha, Jun 15»

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