pseudoinstruction

noun

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.

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Meanings

nounpseudoinstruction (plural pseudoinstructions)

plural pseudoinstructions

  1. computingA 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

Origin

From pseudo- + instruction.

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APA

pseudoinstruction. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pseudoinstruction

MLA

“pseudoinstruction.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pseudoinstruction. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pseudoinstruction,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pseudoinstruction.

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