OCR A Level Computer Science

1.1.2a: The differences between and uses of CISC and RISC processors.

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The characteristics of contemporary processors, input, output and storage devices

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Keyword	Definition
Complex Instruction Set Computer (CISC)	Processor architecture that uses a wide range of specialised instructions that may each take multiple clock cycles to execute
Instruction Set	The range of opcodes that a processor supports, each performing a slightly different function
Reduced Instruction Set Computer (RISC)	Processor architecture that uses a limited range of instructions which can each be executed in a single clock tick.

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