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Definition of "microprogram" [microprogram]

  • A set of microinstructions in a CPU, used to implement machine instructions (noun)
  • To manually write a microprogram (verb)

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Use "microprogram" in a sentence
  • "Babbage's microprogram mechanism, from Charles Babbage's Analytical Engine, 1838, Bromley, Allan G., in IEEE Annals of the History of Computing, vol. 20, No. 4, 1998."
  • "August 27th, 2006 at 1: 24 am PDT preempt microprogram alderman ruffianly: barbaric?"
  • "The microprogram editor window allows for microprogram and aids in simulation."
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