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Vinony

microcode

noun

  1. layer of hardware-level instructions or data structures
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Wiktionary

noun

Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *mey-der.? Ancient Greek μικρός (mikrós)der. English micro- English code English microcode From micro- + code.

  1. The collective microprograms in a CPU, used to run machine instructions.

verb

Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *mey-der.? Ancient Greek μικρός (mikrós)der. English micro- English code English microcode From micro- + code.

  1. To write or rewrite (program instructions) in microcode, typically to optimize performance.