Definition of "microcode" []

• The collective microprograms in a CPU, used to run machine instructions. (noun)

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• "It claims the manufacturer infringes copyrights Microchip holds for the "microcode" used in some of its older integrated circuits."
• "Mr. Stephenson claimed that America did four things better than anyone else—music, movies, microcode software and high-speed pizza delivery—and then concentrated on the pizzas."
• "Nevertheless, the very design of this project was so powerful that it introduced the modern ideas of assembly language, microcode, and thecomputer programmer."