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microprogram (iou) and mob cap (oh)


microprogram (iou)



microprogram noun & verb. M20.
[from MICRO- + PROGRAM noun.]
Computing.
A. noun. A program that causes any machine instruction to be transformed into a sequence of microinstructions. M20.
b. verb trans. Infl. -mm-. Use microprogramming with (a computer); bring about by means of a microprogram. M20.
micro'programmable adjective able to be microprogrammed M20.
micro'programmer noun a person who writes microprograms or is a specialist in microprogramming M20.
micro'Programming noun the technique of making machine instructions generate sequences of microinstructions in accordance with a microprogram rather than initiate the desired operations directly, so that by changing the microprogram the set of possible machine instructions can be varied M20.

mob cap (oh)



n [C]
[Date: 1700-1800; Origin: Probably from mab, mob 'prostitute, careless dress' (16-18 centuries), from the female name Mab, from Mabel]
a light cotton hat with a decorative edge, worn by women in the 18th and 19th centuries