microprogrammedadj.
/ˌmʌɪkrə(ʊ)ˈprəʊɡramd/, U.S. /ˌmaɪkroʊˈproʊɡræmd/ Computing.
That employs microprogramming.
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microprogrammed1956
microprogrammable1963
microcoded1974
1956 Jrnl. Assoc. Computing Machinery 3 79 One of the basic requirements of a microprogrammed computer is a means of ensuring the microprogrammer ready control of the subcommands with which he is working. It is necessary that the microprogram be physically easy to set up on the machine.
1969 P. B. Jordain Condensed Computer Encycl. 319 It is cheaper to establish a microprogram memory which can hold many microprograms and thus allow for a large set of computer instructions... In such computers, sometimes called microprogrammed computers, each computer instruction operation code defines the beginning of the corresponding microprogram stored in the microprogram memory.
1995 Computer & Control Abstr. Apr. 2027/2 Programmable logic arrays..provide an efficient tool for implementation of logic schemes of microprogrammed automata.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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