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CISC stands for Complex Instruction Set Computer.
 
CISC stands for Complex Instruction Set Computer.
  

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CISC stands for Complex Instruction Set Computer.

The basis of a CISC processor is that it has a relatively large set of highly functional instructions, while these instructions might operate relatively slowly, they perform a very large amount of work.

A CISC processor can be compared to a RISC processor.


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