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Criminal Intelligence Services of Canada, CISCnoun
an agency of the Canadian government that unifies the intelligence units of Canadian law enforcement agencies
complex instruction set computing, complex instruction set computer, CISCnoun
(computer science) a kind of computer architecture that has a large number of instructions hard coded into the CPU chip
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CISC stands for Complex Instruction Set Computer. It is a type of design for the central processing unit where single instructions can execute several low-level operations or are capable of multi-step operations or addressing modes within single instructions. This type of architecture provides flexibility and makes efficient use of memory. However, it can lead to more complex hardware requirements.
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of CISC in Chaldean Numerology is: 1
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The numerical value of CISC in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7
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