wait state
A delay of one or more clock cycles added to a processor's instruction execution time to allow it to communicate with slow external devices. The number and duration of wait states may be pre-configured or they may be controlled dynamically via certain control lines.
Last updated: 1996-10-16
Nearby terms:
WAFL ♦ WAIS ♦ WAITS ♦ wait state ♦ waldo ♦ walk ♦ walking drives ♦ walk off the end of
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