US PATENT SUBCLASS 712 / 234
.~.~ Conditional branching

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712 /   HD   ELECTRICAL COMPUTERS AND DIGITAL PROCESSING SYSTEMS: PROCESSING ARCHITECTURES AND INSTURCTION PROCESSING (E.G., PROCESSORS)

220  DF  PROCESSING CONTROL {12}
233  DF  .~ Branching (e.g., delayed branch, loop control, branch predict, interrupt) {5}
234.~.~ Conditional branching {4}
235  DF  .~.~.~> Simultaneous parallel fetching or executing of both branch and fall-through path
236  DF  .~.~.~> Evaluation of multiple conditions or multiway branching
237  DF  .~.~.~> Prefetching a branch target (i.e., look ahead) {1}
239  DF  .~.~.~> Branch prediction {1}

DEFINITION

Classification: 712/234

Conditional branching:

(under subclass 233) Subject matter including means or steps for supporting changes in program execution flow based upon some condition within the processor (e.g., branch if equal, branch if zero, etc.).