instruction pipelining
nounUK /ɪnˈstrʌkʃən ˈpaɪplaɪnɪŋ/
US /ɪnˈstrʌkʃən ˈpaɪplaɪnɪŋ/
A way a computer starts the next step of a job before the last step is finished, so it gets things done faster.
Instruction pipelining lets the processor work on several steps of different tasks at the same time.
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2. A technique in which a processor divides work into stages that run at the same time.
The chip uses instruction pipelining to keep every stage busy.
3. The overlapping of instruction fetch, decode, and execute steps in a computer.
Instruction pipelining hides delays by fetching the next instruction early.
4. A method of speeding up computing by passing tasks through a series of connected stages.
Engineers improved instruction pipelining to boost the processor's speed.