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| | Encyclopedia: Instruction (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04) |
 | | An instruction is a form of communicated information that is both command and explanation for how an action, behavior, method, or task is to be begun, completed, conducted, or executed. |
 | | The types of instruction allowed are defined and determined within the particular platform's instruction set architecture (ISA), which also determines register sources and destination operands, and perhaps an immediate field. |
 | | The size, or "width" of an instruction depends on the architecture of the platform, but it is usually from 4 to 64 (typically, 4, 8, 16, 32, 40, 64) bits wide. |
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