In the context of assembly language programming, the pseudo-operation looks like a machine instruction but it seldom if ever generates actual instructions to be executed. These are often used to tell the assembler something like how many lines per page or where to set the program counter. In this sense they are "false" machine instructions.
That's confusing. Soodoe is a good phonetic spelling, but only the last "o" is long. The diphthong "oo" can't properly be described as long o's. Actually, sue-doe might be less confusing.
That's confusing. Soodoe is a good phonetic spelling, but only the last "o" is long. The diphthong "oo" can't properly be described as long o's. Actually, sue-doe might be less confusing.
{ Figure below shows the pseudo block of a decoder}
I read in wikipedia page that In Internet parlance, a pseudo (from pseudonym, a false name) is a computer program designed to simulate a human user.
but i think that's not identical to the word context meaning here. what do you think?
{ Figure below shows the pseudo block of a decoder}
I read in wikipedia page that In Internet parlance, a pseudo (from pseudonym, a false name) is a computer program designed to simulate a human user.
but i think that's not identical to the word context meaning here. what do you think?
{ Figure below shows the pseudo block of a decoder}
I read in wikipedia page that In Internet parlance, a pseudo (from pseudonym, a false name) is a computer program designed to simulate a human user.
but i think that's not identical to the word context meaning here. what do you think?
You need to refer to the FIRST half of the wikipedia definition, which explains what pseudo means when used as a prefix. The second part has no relevance here.
wikipedia said:
Pseudo is a prefix of Greek origin. It means "false".
It identifies something as superficially resembling the original subject; a pseudopod resembles a foot, and pseudorandom numbers simulate numbers generated by truly random events, but are in fact produced by an algorithm.
It is also used to mark something as false, fraudulent, or pretending to be something it is not in fact, as in pseudoscience or pseudophilosophy.
For instance, pseudocode would be some fake code written that expresses what you are trying to accomplish, but does not use the proper syntax and commands for any real programming language. In the case of your question, "pseudo block" would mean that it is a simplified block diagram of the device, used to highlight some important points about it, but not including all the details, and most likely using a different symbol than you would use in a "real" block diagram.
Just to create a bit of murk in the presence of such clarity, I would suggest the term "quasi-", as in the quasi-bi-directional port of the 8051 architecture. It wants to be bi-directional, but it cannot source more than a minescule amount of current. It can howver sink several TTL loads.
This term occurs in astronomy as the quasi-stellar object or quasar.
IMHO a more refined definition of pseudo would move away the negative coonotation of "false" or "fake" and move in the direction of saying that it means "similar to, but different in some important details"
So the pseudo block of the decoder would be "similar to, but lacking detail"
The pseudo instruction would be "similar to, but lacking an executable instruction".