CISC

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CISC is an acronym which 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.

The model Unknown [verification needed] was the last CISC-based server and OS/400 V3R2 was the final operating system version which ran on it.

See also: RISC processor

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