Standard Lemma guide
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
noun
The collective microprograms in a CPU, used to run machine instructions.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
To write or rewrite (program instructions) in microcode, typically to optimize performance.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
(computer science) coded instructions that are stored permanently in read-only memory
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: firmware
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: code, computer code
History
From micro- + code.
