INSTRUCTION EXECUTION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does instruction execution mean? 

• INSTRUCTION EXECUTION (noun)
  The noun INSTRUCTION EXECUTION has 1 sense:

1. (computer science) the process of carrying out an instruction by a computer

  Familiarity information: INSTRUCTION EXECUTION used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• INSTRUCTION EXECUTION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

(computer science) the process of carrying out an instruction by a computer

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural processes

Synonyms:

execution; instruction execution

Hypernyms ("instruction execution" is a kind of...):

physical process; process (a sustained phenomenon or one marked by gradual changes through a series of states)

Domain category:

computer science; computing (the branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structures)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "instruction execution"):

batch processing (the serial execution of computer programs)

concurrent execution; multiprogramming (the execution of two or more computer programs by a single computer)

Holonyms ("instruction execution" is a part of...):

data processing ((computer science) a series of operations on data by a computer in order to retrieve or transform or classify information)