execution
- noun
- /ˌɛksɪˈkjuːʃən/
- Specialized
- 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.
- Hardware that enables the efficient, effective, large scale execution of these algorithms.
- And so you can't always make full use of your available execution units down here in the CPU.
Examples
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Wherever you do your trading or your execution of stock purchases.
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Hardware that enables the efficient, effective, large scale execution of these algorithms.
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So both in the training phase and the testing phase, the execution, the operation of the system.
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So was it a mistake because of execution or was it a mistake through a poor decision?
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What is the secret to carrying out execution in a really effective way?
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Causing a system wide execution error.
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In cycle two, the first two instructions begin execution in execution units 0 and 1, respectively.
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The design adds a second branch processor to facilitate the execution of two branches in one cycle.
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The instruction in the earliest pipeline stage of that execution unit is then tagged.
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The rename stage forwards the two instructions to the execution unit responsible for that class of instruction.
Academic text (1994)
Synonyms
The steps a computer takes to carry out a command
Antonyms
Compounds
- Formal
An official order by a court that temporarily stops a punishment, for example a death sentence
- Formal
A court order that lets an officer take and sell someone's property to pay money ordered by the court
- Formal
The act of signing a legal document so it becomes legally binding
- Offensive
A planned killing of someone at close range in a controlled way
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Morphology
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.