privileged instruction
A machine code instruction that may only be executed when the processor is running in supervisor mode. Privileged instructions include operations such as I/O and memory management.Last updated: 1995-02-15
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Private Manual Branch eXchange ♦ privileged instruction ♦ PRL ♦ PRMD
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