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architecture A classification of computer architectures
based on the number of streams of instructions and data:
computer.
Multiple instruction/single data stream (MISD) - unusual.
autonomous processors simultaneously executing different
instructions on different data.
[Flynn, M. J., "Some Computer Organizations and Their
Effectiveness", IEEE Transactions on Computing C-21, No. 9,
Sep 1972, pp 948-960].
["A Survey of Parallel Computer Architectures", Duncan, Ralph,
IEEE Computer, Feb 1990, pp 5-16].
(2003-05-29)