thumb

thumb definition - computer

(1) See scroll bar and thumb culture.

(2) (Thumb) An extension to the architecture of an ARM chip that provides enhanced code density. It stores a subset of 32-bit instructions as compressed 16-bit instructions and decompresses them back to 32 bits upon execution. See ARM chips.



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