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A '''Commercial Instruction Set''' (sometimes named an 'Extended Instruction Set') was an option in a number of early computers to support more efficient processing of business applications; it generally included [[binary-coded decimal]] support. | A '''Commercial Instruction Set''' (sometimes named an 'Extended Instruction Set') was an option in a number of early computers to support more efficient processing of business applications; it generally included [[binary-coded decimal]] support. | ||
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| + | In [[Digital Equipment Corporation|DEC]]'s [[VAX]] line of computers, the early models included hardware support for the VAX [[architecture]]'s Commercial Instruction Set, but this was dropped in later models; any such instructions found in the [[object code]] as a program ran were [[emulator|emulated]]. | ||
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Revision as of 14:42, 1 April 2018
A Commercial Instruction Set (sometimes named an 'Extended Instruction Set') was an option in a number of early computers to support more efficient processing of business applications; it generally included binary-coded decimal support.
In DEC's VAX line of computers, the early models included hardware support for the VAX architecture's Commercial Instruction Set, but this was dropped in later models; any such instructions found in the object code as a program ran were emulated.
