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Line 53: : a computer in which a single operation (dictated by a single opcode) can execute a load from memory, an operation on the loaded data, and a store of the result. [[User:Encyclopedant\|Encyclopedant]] ([[User talk:Encyclopedant\|talk]]) 18:55, 25 August 2011 (UTC) :Ok, what are your definitions of "operation", "[[opcode]]", and "[[instruction (computer science)\|instruction]]" here? Is an "opcode" what is specified by the Wikipedia page: ::In computer science, an opcode (operation code) is the portion of a machine language instruction that specifies the operation to be performed. :or is it something else? Is an "operation" something specified by an opcode, or is it a low-level operation? [[User:Guy Harris\|Guy Harris]] ([[User talk:Guy Harris\|talk]]) 00:25, 26 August 2011 (UTC)

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