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execution time
[‚ek·sə′kyü·shən ‚tīm](computer science)
The time during which actual work, such as addition or multiplication, is carried out in the execution of a computer instruction.
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execution time
The time in which a single instruction is executed. It makes up the last half of the instruction cycle.Copyright © 1981-2025 by The Computer Language Company Inc. All Rights reserved. THIS DEFINITION IS FOR PERSONAL USE ONLY. All other reproduction is strictly prohibited without permission from the publisher.