microcodeplan
nounUK /ˈmaɪ.krəʊ.kəʊd.plæn/
US /ˈmaɪ.kroʊ.koʊd.plæn/
A tiny set of steps that tells a computer chip exactly what to do.
The engineer wrote a microcodeplan so the chip could add numbers correctly.
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2. A detailed plan for writing the small built-in instructions inside a processor.
The team drafted a microcodeplan before updating the CPU.
3. A step-by-step guide for fixing or changing a chip's internal instructions.
She followed the microcodeplan to patch the old processor.
4. A small-scale schedule for developing low-level software.
Our microcodeplan lists each firmware task for the week.