instructionset
nounUK /ɪnˈstrʌkʃən sɛt/
US /ɪnˈstrʌkʃən sɛt/
A set of commands that a computer can understand and do.
The engineer wrote a new instructionset for the tiny chip.
OTHER MEANINGS
2. The complete collection of operations a particular processor is designed to carry out.
Programs must be translated into the processor's instructionset before they can run.
3. A documented list of commands used to program a specific device or system.
The manual includes the full instructionset for the robot controller.
4. In education, a planned group of teaching steps or directions for a lesson.
The teacher prepared an instructionset for the science experiment.