US PATENT SUBCLASS 708 / 521
.~.~.~ Pipeline

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708 /   HD   ELECTRICAL COMPUTERS: ARITHMETIC PROCESSING AND CALCULATING

100  DF  ELECTRICAL DIGITAL CALCULATING COMPUTER {10}
200  DF  .~ Particular function performed {26}
490  DF  .~.~ Arithmetical operation {27}
521.~.~.~ Pipeline

DEFINITION

Classification: 708/521

Pipeline:

(under subclass 490) Subject matter wherein the operation is performed in a pipeline by passing the output of one task as input to another until a desired sequence of tasks has been carried out.

(1) Note. Pipeline processing of multiplication or division per se is classified elsewhere.

SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:

233, for multifunctional operation performed in a particular pipeline.

406, for Fourier transform performed in a particular pipeline.

508, for floating point performed in a particular pipeline.

620+, for multiplication which may incorporate pipeline processing, particularly

631, for multiple digit binary multiplication performed in a particular pipeline. 650+, for division which may incorporate pipeline processing.