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| 1. | The act of instructing, teaching, or furnishing with knowledge; information. | |
| 2. | That which instructs, or with which one is instructed; the intelligence or information imparted | |
| 3. | (Computers) a segment of coded data that is interpreted by a computer as a command to perform an operation or series of operations. The term instruction is applied to both the electronic form of the data as represented in and executed by the computer, and to any line of written computer code which is interpreted as one instruction by a compiler. A computer program is comprised of one or more instructions. |
| Noun | 1. | instruction - a message describing how something is to be done; "he gave directions faster than she could follow them" Synonyms: direction |
| 2. | instruction - the activities of educating or instructing or teaching; activities that impart knowledge or skill; "he received no formal education"; "our instruction was carefully programmed"; "good teaching is seldom rewarded" | |
| 3. | instruction - the profession of a teacher; "he prepared for teaching while still in college"; "pedagogy is recognized as an important profession" | |
| 4. | instruction - (computer science) a line of code written as part of a computer program |
INSTRUCTION, French law. This word signifies the means used and formality employed to prepare a case for trial. it is generally applied to criminal cases, and is then called criminal, instruction; it is then defined the acts and proceedings which tend to prove positively a crime or delict, in order to inflict on the guilty person the punishment which he deserves.
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