The one-to-many (1:N) relationship between later-generation programming statements and the CPU actions implementing them is called ____.
A) instruction explosion
B) instruction expansion
C) mnemonic explosion
D) instruction compression

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Instruction explosion refers to the phenomenon where a single high-level programming instruction translates into multiple CPU instructions, highlighting the disparity between high-level programming languages and the lower-level operations of the CPU.

The One-To-Many (1:N) Relationship Between Later-Generation Programming Statements and the CPU