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Wait state
A period of time that the CPU must wait for external program, data, or I/O memory to respond when reading from or writing to that external memory. The CPU waits one extra cycle for every wait state.
- Part of Speech: noun
- Industry/Domain: Semiconductors
- Category: Digital Signal Processors (DSP)
- Company: Texas Instruments
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