microprogramming
- noun
- /ˌmaɪkroʊˈprəʊɡræmɪŋ/
- Specialized
:
microprogramación
- The project required extensive microprogramming to tailor the processor's functionality.
Examples
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It meant you had to do a lot of microprogramming—not really a problem, since you could do mass programming for large chunks of them—large "reefs," Danny called them—and put those programs into larger shaping programs.
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Still unsure he himself understood what was going on, Breck found himself bent over the microprogramming screen sheets with Danny anyway.
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So you're good at microprogramming?" The question caught him by surprise.
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"Not that I'm infallible at microprogramming.
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Fooling, or being blunt. "I'm not really good about much of anything, except microprogramming," he said.
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There are many advantages to microprogramming, especially in customizing CPU operations.
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Due to its complexity, microprogramming is often reserved for advanced computer engineering tasks.
How Low-Level
- Specialized
- Specialized
- Specialized
2
3.6
- Specialized
1
3.2
Surface Forms
Morphology
microprogramming = microprogram (semi-transparent) = micro + program + ing
The word is formed regularly from the technical verb 'microprogram' plus '-ing', but the computing-specific meaning is specialized rather than fully obvious to average learners.
Etymology
Microprogramming combines micro- ('small') and programming ('writing a program'). So it literally means making very small programs that tell a computer's processor what to do, which is why microprogramming is about the tiny code that controls the processor.