| Subject | English | German |
| automat. | complex connection instruction | komplexe Verknüpfungsvorschrift |
| microel. | complex instruction | Komplexbefehl |
| phys. | complex instruction-set computer | Complex-Instruction-Set-Computer |
| commun. | complex instruction set computer | Rechner mit uneingeschränktem Befehlsvorrat |
| commun. | complex instruction set computer | Rechner mit komplexem Befehlsvorrat |
| AI. | complex instruction set computer | Rechner mit komplexer Befehlsmenge |
| gen. | Complex Instruction Set Computer CISC | Prozessor mit großem Befehlsvorrat |
| comp., MS | complex instruction set computing | Computer mit komplexem Befehlssatz (The implementation of complex instructions in a microprocessor design so that they can be invoked at the assembly language level. The instructions can be very powerful, allowing for complicated and flexible ways of calculating such elements as memory addresses. All this complexity, however, usually requires many clock cycles to execute each instruction) |