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execution

execution

15 5.1
A computer carrying out program instructions
  • noun
  • /ˌɛksɪˈkjuːʃən/
  • Specialized
translation icon : ejecución
  • During the test, we measured the execution time of each instruction in the code.
  • execution time
  • program execution
  • instruction execution

Hardware that enables the efficient, effective, large scale execution of these algorithms.

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Examples

  • Wherever you do your trading or your execution of stock purchases.

  • Hardware that enables the efficient, effective, large scale execution of these algorithms.

  • So both in the training phase and the testing phase, the execution, the operation of the system.

  • So was it a mistake because of execution or was it a mistake through a poor decision?

  • What is the secret to carrying out execution in a really effective way?

  • Causing a system wide execution error.

  • In cycle two, the first two instructions begin execution in execution units 0 and 1, respectively.

    Academic text (1994)
  • The design adds a second branch processor to facilitate the execution of two branches in one cycle.

    Academic text (1994)
  • The instruction in the earliest pipeline stage of that execution unit is then tagged.

    Academic text (1994)
  • The rename stage forwards the two instructions to the execution unit responsible for that class of instruction.

    Academic text (1994)

Synonyms

instruction execution
vsexecution
  • Specialized
6.7

The steps a computer takes to carry out a command

refers to running one command or a whole sequence of commands

Antonyms

206 2.4

To stop moving or make something stop moving

141 3.9

To stop something officially for a short time

Compounds

11 8.9

An official order by a court that temporarily stops a punishment, for example a death sentence

execution speed
  • Specialized
1 4.9

How fast a computer or processor runs instructions

1 9.9

A court order that lets an officer take and sell someone's property to pay money ordered by the court

concurrent execution
  • Specialized
6.7

Two or more programs run at the same time on one computer

The act of signing a legal document so it becomes legally binding

9.0

A public sale of a person's property ordered by a court to pay a debt

9.8

A planned killing of someone at close range in a controlled way

instruction execution
  • Specialized
6.7

The steps a computer takes to carry out a command

A tool used by the state to put a person to death

How Processed

execution
  • Specialized
15 5.1
compilation
9 3.9
preprocessing
  • Specialized
6.5
editing
126 2.7

Surface Forms

execution singular
executions plural

Morphology

execution = execute (transparent) = execute + ion

Computing 'execution' is a direct nominalization of 'execute' (to run or carry out instructions), so the relation is straightforward.

Etymology

Execution in computing comes from ex- ('out') and sequi ('to follow'), so it means 'follow out' or 'carry out' a set of steps, just like a program follows its instructions when it runs. So program execution is the computer carrying out those instructions.