microprogram
[
mahy
-kr
uh
-proh-gram, -gr
uh
m]
/ˈmaɪ krəˌproʊ græm, -grəm/
noun
1.
Computers.
a set of microinstructions that defines the individual operations that a computer carries out in response to a machine-language instruction.
Origin
1950-55;
micro-
+
program
Related forms
microprogrammable,
adjective
British Dictionary definitions for
microprogrammable
microprogram
/
ˈmaɪkrəʊˌprəʊɡræm
/
noun
1.
(
computing
) a sequence of microinstructions that controls the operation of an arithmetic and logic unit so that machine code instructions are executed