branch instruction

branch instruction — šakojimo komanda statusas T sritis automatika atitikmenys: angl. branch instruction; branching instruction; decision instruction vok. Verzweigungsbefehl, m; Verzweigungsinstruktion, f rus. команда ветвления, f pranc. instruction de branchement, f …   Automatikos terminų žodynas

Branch predictor — In computer architecture, a branch predictor is the part of a processor that determines whether a conditional branch in the instruction flow of a program is likely to be taken or not. This is called branch prediction. Branch predictors are… …   Wikipedia

Instruction pipeline — Pipelining redirects here. For HTTP pipelining, see HTTP pipelining. Basic five stage pipeline in a RISC machine (IF = Instruction Fetch, ID = Instruction Decode, EX = Execute, MEM = Memory access, WB = Register write back). In the fourth clock… …   Wikipedia

Branch table — In computer programming, a branch table (sometimes known as a jump table) is a term used to describe an efficient method of transferring program control (branching) to another part of a program (or a different program that may have been… …   Wikipedia

Branch (computer science) — For other uses, see Branch (disambiguation). A branch is sequence of code in a computer program which is conditionally executed depending on whether the flow of control is altered or not (at the branching point). The term can be used when… …   Wikipedia

instruction de branchement — šakojimo komanda statusas T sritis automatika atitikmenys: angl. branch instruction; branching instruction; decision instruction vok. Verzweigungsbefehl, m; Verzweigungsinstruktion, f rus. команда ветвления, f pranc. instruction de branchement, f …   Automatikos terminų žodynas

Branch predication — is a strategy in computer architecture design for mitigating the costs usually associated with conditional branches, particularly branches to short sections of code. It does this by allowing each instruction to conditionally either perform an… …   Wikipedia

Branch misprediction — occurs when a central processing unit (CPU) mispredicts the next instruction to process in branch prediction, which is aimed at speeding up execution. During the execution of certain programs there are places where the program execution flow can… …   Wikipedia

Instruction level parallelism — (ILP) is a measure of how many of the operations in a computer program can be performed simultaneously. Consider the following program: 1. e = a + b 2. f = c + d 3. g = e * fOperation 3 depends on the results of operations 1 and 2, so it cannot… …   Wikipedia

Instruction path length — is a term frequently used to simply describe the number of machine code instructions required to execute a section of a computer program. The total path length for the entire program could be deemed a measure of the algorithms performance on a… …   Wikipedia

branch — [branch, bränch] n. [ME branche < OFr brance < LL branca, a claw, paw] 1. any woody extension growing from the trunk or main stem, or from a main limb, of a tree or shrub 2. anything physically resembling a branch, as a tine of a deer s… …   English World dictionary