Usually means: Execution of a single instruction.
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  1. Instruction cycle: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
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  1. Instruction Cycle, instruction cycle: CCI Computer
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Definitions from Wiktionary (instruction cycle)

noun:  (computing) The steps that a central processing unit undertakes in order to process a single instruction, consisting of fetching, decoding, and executing the instruction in question and updating the program counter.

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