Instruction set - Revision history

Jnc: 'instruction set' is better equivalent for 'order code' than 'object code' (see EDSAC document)

2025-11-06T08:53:03Z

'instruction set' is better equivalent for 'order code' than 'object code' (see EDSAC document)

Jnc: Another, early, term

2023-06-03T17:53:04Z

Another, early, term

Jnc: +catz

2018-12-19T23:17:18Z

+catz

Jnc: Correct cat

2018-10-19T12:21:36Z

Correct cat

Jnc: avoid redir

2017-09-21T19:29:35Z

avoid redir

Jnc: add a bit more about data sources/destinations

2017-09-21T16:26:42Z

add a bit more about data sources/destinations

Jnc: Stubby, but a start

2017-09-21T16:20:06Z

Stubby, but a start

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An '''instruction set''' refers to the repertoire of [[instruction]]s provided by any particular [[central processing unit|CPU]] [[architecture]]. Also a key part of an instruction set are the means provided for indicating sources and destinations for data processed by those instruction, the '''addressing modes''' of the instruction set.

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 Also a key part of an instruction set are the means provided for indicating sources and destinations for data processed by those instruction, the '''addressing modes''' of the instruction set. For example, some early machines only included a single [[register]], the accumulator, and were otherwise a [[load-store architecture]]; eventually provision for multiple registers became common. Also, it is now common for instructions to be able to use a [[stack]] as the source or destination for data.
-Some early computers used the alternative term '''order code''' for the instruction set.
+Some early computers used the alternative term '''order code''' for the instruction set (and '''order''' for [[instruction]]). This was more common in the UK; especially at Cambridge (on the [[EDSAC]], and descendants such as the [[LEO]]). In the US, uses included several [[Lincoln Laboratory]] computers.
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 Also a key part of an instruction set are the means provided for indicating sources and destinations for data processed by those instruction, the '''addressing modes''' of the instruction set. For example, some early machines only included a single [[register]], the accumulator, and were otherwise a [[load-store architecture]]; eventually provision for multiple registers became common. Also, it is now common for instructions to be able to use a [[stack]] as the source or destination for data.
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-An '''instruction set''' refers to the repertoire of [[instruction]]s provided by any particular [[central processing unit|CPU]] [[architecture]].
+An '''instruction set''' refers to the repertoire of [[instruction]]s provided by any particular [[Central Processing Unit|CPU]] [[architecture]].
 Also a key part of an instruction set are the means provided for indicating sources and destinations for data processed by those instruction, the '''addressing modes''' of the instruction set. For example, some early machines only included a single [[register]], the accumulator, and were otherwise a [[load-store architecture]]; eventually provision for multiple registers became common. Also, it is now common for instructions to be able to use a [[stack]] as the source or destination for data.
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		+	Also a key part of an instruction set are the means provided for indicating sources and destinations for data processed by those instruction, the '''addressing modes''' of the instruction set. For example, some early machines only included a single [[register]], the accumulator, and were otherwise a [[load-store architecture]]; eventually provision for multiple registers became common. Also, it is now common for instructions to be able to use a [[stack]] as the source or destination for data.

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