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:::::"a computer in which a single operation (dictated by a single opcode) can execute several low-level operations (such as a load from memory, an arithmetic operation, and a memory store) and/or are capable of multi-step operations or addressing modes within single operations" uses "operation" in two separate senses, so it's potentially confusing. "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" is better, although it seems to imply that, to be a CISC processor, you have to be able to do a load ''and'' a store in a single machine operation, and a lot of CISCs don't do that. I might be tempted to just change the opening sentence to say "where single machine operations (specified by a single [[opcode]]) can execute several low-level operations ... and/or are capable of multi-step operations or addressing modes within single machine operations", i.e. just replace "instruction" by "machine operation" and, the first time "machine operation" is used, note that a "machine operation" is what's specified by a single opcode. [[User:Guy Harris|Guy Harris]] ([[User talk:Guy Harris|talk]]) 18:56, 15 September 2011 (UTC)
== Requested move 19 May 2017 ==
{{requested move/dated|Complex instruction set computer}}
[[:Complex instruction set computing]] → {{no redirect|Complex instruction set computer}} – For the same reasons as those presented at [[Talk:Reduced instruction set computing#Requested move 10 May 2017]]. [[User:50504F|50504F]] ([[User talk:50504F|talk]]) 04:26, 19 May 2017 (UTC)
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