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pseudoinstruction en · NOUN

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Etymology

From pseudo- + instruction.

Meanings

1. A command that resembles, but is not in fact, a machine instruction, such as a special directive or a command that is mapped to a sequence of real instructions.
   • The compiler constructs one or several instructions corresponding to the respective pseudoinstruction and adds them to the object program just being formed. 1967, Information processing machines, number 13, page 239:

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