microcodingn.
/ˈmʌɪkrə(ʊ)ˌkəʊdɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈmaɪkroʊˌkoʊdɪŋ/, /ˈmaɪkrəˌkoʊdɪŋ/ Computing.
Microprogramming; (also) microcode.
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microprogramming1953
microcoding1957
1957 Math. Tables & Other Aids Computation 11 50 It is already a standard handbook of computer design used with profit by..students of the logic of such operations as microcoding.
1958 Communications Assoc. Computing Machinery 1 17 This machine would be a continual challenge..due to its ‘infinite’ variations which look somewhat like microcoding.
1977 Dun's Rev. Apr. 27/1 The company will either boost the capacity and reduce the price of the 370-168 or convert some of its software into the mainframe hardware, via a process known as microcoding.
1997 P. Bronson First $20 Million 69 Tiny took responsibility for..any special microcoding that needed to be burned into the chips.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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