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microinstruction

noun mi·cro·in·struc·tion \-ˈstrək-shən\

Definition of MICROINSTRUCTION

:  a computer instruction that activates the circuits necessary to perform a single machine operation usually as part of the execution of a machine-language instruction
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First Known Use of MICROINSTRUCTION

1959

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