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Instruction of Hardjedef
The Instruction of Hardjedef, also called the Teaching of Hardjedef, is an ancient Egyptian wisdom teaching attributed to Prince Hardjedef, a son of King Khufu.
Instruction of Vladimir Monomakh
The Instruction of Vladimir Monomakh (Поучение Владимира Мономаха) is a didactic treatise written around 1117 by Vladimir Monomakh, Grand Prince of Kyiv, addressed to his children and the princes of Rus'.
Instruction pipelining
Instruction pipelining, used in pipelined processors, is a design technique that splits instruction execution into stages and overlaps consecutive instructions, raising throughput without lowering each instruction's latency.
Instruction scheduling
Instruction scheduling is a compiler optimization that reorders machine instructions to fill pipeline slots and avoid stalls, assigning each an issue cycle while preserving program behavior.
Instruction set architecture
An instruction set architecture (ISA) is the specification of instructions, registers, and addressing modes that a processor exposes to software; major families include x86-64, ARM, and RISC-V.
Instruction set simulator
An instruction set simulator (ISS) is a program that executes machine code for one processor architecture on a host computer, modeling the target CPU without the hardware being present.
Instruction tuning
Instruction tuning, also called supervised fine-tuning (SFT), is the supervised training of a pretrained language model on instruction-output pairs so it responds to instructions instead of merely continuing text.
Instruction-based image editing
Instruction-based image editing is an AI method that transforms a source image from a natural-language instruction, such as "make the sky sunset orange", with no mask required.
Instruction-level parallelism
Instruction-level parallelism (ILP) is the parallelism that exists between instructions of a program written for a serial ISA, exploited by processors through pipelining, superscalar issue, and out-of-order execution.
Instruction-tuned embeddings
Instruction-tuned embeddings are text embedding models that condition their output vectors on a natural-language instruction describing the task, letting a single model handle retrieval, clustering, and classification without retraining.
Instructional design
Instructional design is the systematic process of planning, developing, implementing, and evaluating instruction to close performance gaps. Originating in World War II training research, it is organized around models such as ADDIE, SAM, and 4C/ID, guided by theories like cognitive load theory.
Instructional scaffolding
Instructional scaffolding, or Scaffolding Theory, is temporary, adjustable support a teacher, peer, or computer tool gives a learner, gradually faded until the learner performs the task independently.
Instructions Not Included
Instructions Not Included, also known as No se aceptan devoluciones, is a 2013 Mexican comedy-drama directed by and starring Eugenio Derbez in his directing debut, about a playboy unexpectedly raising a daughter.
Instructions of Shuruppak
The Instructions of Shuruppak is a Sumerian wisdom text in which Shuruppak gives moral instruction to his son Ziusudra, with copies dated to about 2600–2500 BC.
Instructions per second
Instructions per second (IPS), often quoted as MIPS (Million Instructions Per Second), measures processor speed by counting machine instructions a processor executes in one second.
Instructions to temple officials
The Instructions to temple officials, also known as Instructions for temple officials, is a Hittite instruction text (CTH 264) in which the king imposes duties on priests and temple servants.
InstructPix2Pix
InstructPix2Pix is a diffusion model created by Tim Brooks and colleagues at UC Berkeley in 2022 that edits an image following a written instruction, with no per-image fine-tuning.
Instrument approach
An instrument approach, or instrument approach procedure, is a series of prescribed maneuvers transferring an aircraft from instrument flight conditions to a landing, approved for a specific airport.
Instrument cluster (motorcycle)
A motorcycle instrument cluster is the handlebar-mounted assembly of gauges, warning lights, and displays showing speed, engine speed, and fuel, evolved from mechanical speedometers to color touchscreen TFT panels.
Instrument flight rules
Instrument flight rules (IFR) let pilots navigate by cockpit instruments instead of outside visual cues, with air traffic control providing separation; most airliners fly under IFR at all times.
Instrument landing system
The instrument landing system (ILS) is a ground-based radio navigation system that guides aircraft on final approach, allowing landings in low visibility since its first blind landing in 1931.
Instrument landing system localizer
The instrument landing system localizer, also called the ILS localizer or localizer, is the ground radio transmitter giving aircraft lateral guidance onto the runway centerline during a precision approach.
Instrument meteorological conditions
Instrument meteorological conditions (IMC), also known as instrument conditions, are weather with visibility, cloud distance, or ceiling below visual flight minima, requiring flight under instrument flight rules.
Instrument of Accession (Jammu and Kashmir)
Instrument of Accession of Jammu and Kashmir: legal document signed by Maharaja Hari Singh on 26 October 1947 acceding the princely state to the Dominion of India, accepted by Mountbatten on 27 October, limited to defense, external affairs, and communications, and disputed ever since.
Instrument rating
An instrument rating, also known as an IFR rating, is an addition to a pilot license authorizing flight under instrument flight rules in weather below visual minimums.
Instrumental
Instrumental: music or a song version with no lead vocal, all content carried by instruments; also called a beat in hip-hop. Covers instrumental versions, karaoke, the contemporary instrumental genre, and assessment in instrumental music education.
Instrumental convergence
Instrumental convergence, also called universal instrumental values, is the thesis that goal-directed AI agents pursue similar subgoals, such as self-preservation and resource acquisition, regardless of their final goals.
Instrumental learning task
An instrumental learning task is a behavioral paradigm in which performing a response produces an outcome, used to study instrumental conditioning and goal-directed versus habitual action.
Instrumental neutron activation analysis
Instrumental neutron activation analysis (INAA) is a non-destructive nuclear analytical technique that determines elemental composition by irradiating a sample with neutrons and measuring the gamma rays emitted.
Instrumental variables analysis
Instrumental variables analysis is a statistical method for estimating causal effects from observational data, using an instrument that shifts the exposure but has no other route to the outcome.