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The 34 pages that link to Instruction set architecture, each with the reason it gives.

• Central processing unitRelated: It defines the instructions a CPU can execute and the rules software relies on.

• MicroprocessorRelated: It defines the contract between software and the microprocessor’s implementation.

• Stored-program computerRelated: It defines the instruction forms a stored program can contain.

• Computer architectureRelated: It defines the contract between software and the processor’s implementation.

• Virtual machineRelated: Machine-level virtual machines reproduce or expose an instruction set as their execution target.

• Von Neumann architectureRelated: It defines the instructions the central processor fetches from memory.

• Digital computerRelated: It defines the contract between a processor’s hardware and its programs.

• Arithmetic logic unitRelated: Its instruction set determines which operations an ALU must support.

• 32-bit computingRelated: A processor's architecture defines which operations use its 32-bit registers and instructions.

• Computer (electronic device)Related: It specifies the machine-level operations software can command.

• Gene AmdahlRelated: The System/360’s shared instruction architecture enabled a range of compatible machines.

• Very long instruction wordRelated: VLIW makes parallel-operation structure part of the architecture visible to compilers and binaries.

• 64-bit computingRelated: It defines which 64-bit operations and registers a processor exposes.

• Low-level programming languageRelated: Low-level languages are shaped by the instructions and registers this interface exposes.

• Software portabilityRelated: Machine code built for one instruction set generally cannot execute directly on another.

• CoprocessorRelated: Some coprocessors extend or accelerate operations defined by the system’s instruction set.