noun
- plural of microprogram: very small computer programs that control the basic operations of a processor’s hardware
Usage: computing; technical
Examples
- The processor’s microprograms handle instruction decoding automatically.
- Engineers updated the microprograms to fix the hardware bug.
- These microprograms are stored in read-only memory.
- The CPU relies on microprograms for basic arithmetic operations.
- Debugging microprograms requires specialized knowledge of computer architecture.
- Modern processors contain thousands of microprograms working together.