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fetch
To retrieve an instruction or an item of data from memory and store it in a register. Fetching is part of the execution cycle of a microprocessor; first an instruction or item of data must be fetched from memory and loaded into a register, after which it can be executed (if it is an instruction) or acted upon (if it is data).
- Kalbos dalis: verb
- Pramonės šaka / sritis: Software
- Category: Operating systems
- Company: Microsoft
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