US PATENT SUBCLASS 712 / 240
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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  DF  .~.~ Conditional branching {4}
239  DF  .~.~.~ Branch prediction {1}
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DEFINITION

Classification: 712/240

History table:

(under subclass 239) Subject matter including means or steps for memorizing an outcome of the last several branch instructions encountered and use that to more accurately predict an outcome of that same branch instructions if they are encountered again in the future.