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CISC

noun

An agency of the Canadian government that unifies the intelligence units of Canadian law enforcement agencies. Synonym: Criminal Intelligence Services of Canada.

(computer science) a kind of computer architecture that has a large number of instructions hard coded into the CPU chip. Synonyms: complex instruction set computer, complex instruction set computing.

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Words linked to "CISC" : international intelligence agency, Canada, computer science, computing, Criminal Intelligence Services of Canada, computer architecture, reduced instruction set computer, reduced instruction set computing, complex instruction set computer, architecture, RISC