MIPS Assembly: "Instructions"
Read this article for an introduction to the three different instruction formats for the MIPS processor: the R-Format, the I-Format, and the J-Format instructions. MIPS is an acronym that stands for Microprocessor Instructions without Interlocked Pipeline Stages. MIPS is a RISC (Reduced Instruction Set Computer) introduced by MIPS technologies. Also, ISA, if you encounter it, stands for Instruction Set Architecture.
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