machine operation

Noun
  1. An elementary operation that a computer is designed and built to perform (synset 113472035)
    is a type of: operation - (computer science) data processing in which the result is completely specified by a rule (especially the processing that results from a single instruction)
    subtypes:
    • floating-point operation, flop - an arithmetic operation performed on floating-point numbers
    • retrieval - (computer science) the operation of accessing information from the computer's memory
    • storage - (computer science) the process of storing information in a computer memory or on a magnetic tape or disk
    same as: computer operation

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