Assertion: cpu's instruction | /r/HasProperty | number
Facets:
value: in almost every major device
type: LOCATION
value: for all intents
type: OTHER
value: for purposes
type: PURPOSE
value: from program memory
type: OTHER
Source sentences:
text: A possibly overly pedantic remark: The article says "The first step, fetch, involves retrieving an instruction (which is a number or sequence of numbers) from program memory.
text: However, while I do agree with you that an instruction is more conceptual than concrete, I think that for all intents and purposes an instruction IS a number in almost every major device that could be called a CPU.
text: Is it not whether the instructions (numbers) used in software can be interpreted successfully for the same end result by both?