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Encyclopedia > Instructions

An instruction is a form of information which is communicated in order to explain how an action, behavior, method, or task is to be begun, completed, conducted, or executed.

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Computer architecture

In Computer architecture, an instruction is a single operation of a processor. The width of an instruction depends on the architecture of the platform, but it is usually from 4 to 64 bits wide. The content of an instruction is determined by the platform's Instruction Set Architecture (ISA), but it usually contains an opcode, which determines the type of instruction, register sources and destination operands, and maybe an immediate field.


Computer science

At a higher level, in computer science, an instruction could also be part of a computer program in a programming language; see also Procedure.


French law

In the context of French law (or inquisitorial systems based on France's), the instruction is the pre-trial phase of a criminal investigation that is led by a judge. More generally, it refers to phases of judicial or administrative proceedings where a request is investigated, and information pertaining to it is collected, before a final decision is made.


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What is instruction? - a definition from Whatis.com (202 words)
- An instruction is an order given to a computer processor by a computer program.
In a computer's assembler language, each language statement generally corresponds to a single processor instruction.
In assembler language, a macro instruction is one that, during processing by the assembler program, expands to become multiple instructions (based on a previously coded
Encyclopedia4U - Library instruction - Encyclopedia Article (389 words)
Also known as bibliographic instruction, library instruction is the process of teaching students how to use the library and conduct research.
It shows that a tradition of library instruction in academic institutions had developed in Germany prior to the its origins in the United States in the late 19th Century.
Melvil Dewey, the founder of the modern American library profession, articulated early on the view of the librarian as that of an educator.
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