superscalar architecture

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superscalar architecture [¦sü·pər‚skā·lər ′är·kə‚tek·chər]

(computer science)

A design that enables a central processing unit to send several instructions to different execution units simultaneously, allowing it to execute several instructions in each clock cycle.

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