Phase controlled instruction word format

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IN A STORED PROGRAM DATA PROCESSING SYSTEM FOR EXECUTING AN INSTRUCTION WORD WHOSE COMMAND PORTION IS DIVIDED INTO A PLURALITY OF COMMAND FIELDS IN EACH OF WHICH CAN BE SELECTIVELY PRESENT OR ABSENT ANY ONE OF A GROUP OF VALUES SPECIFYING AN OPERATION TO BE PERFORMED DURING SAID INSTRUCTION WORD EXECUTIVE, THE COMBINATION COMPRISING: (A) MULTI-LOCATION STORAGE MEANS FOR CONCURRENTLY HOLDING SAID PLURAL COMMAND FIELDS OF A SINGLE INSTRUCTION WORD EACH AT A DIFFERENT LOCATION THEREIN; (B) A PLURALITY OF FIRST TRANSLATING MEANS EACH CONNECTED WITH A DIFFERENT SAID STORAGE MEANS LOCATION SO AS TO BE RESPONSIVE TO THE PRESENCE OF ANY SAID OPERATION VALUE THEREIN FOR PRODUCING A SAME FIRST SIGNAL, AND TO THE ABSENCE OF ALL SAID OPERATIONS VALUES THEREIN FOR PRODUCING A SECOND SIGNAL; (C) FIRST CONTROL MEANS CONDITIONABLE TO INDEPENDENTLY SENSE ANY ONE OF SAID FIRST TRANSLATING MEANS SUCH THAT A SAID FIRST SIGNAL THEREFROM CAUSES SAID FIRST CONTROL MEANS TO GENERATE A PARTICULAR PHASE SIGNAL INDICATION WHICH UNIQUELY IDENTIFIES THAT SAID STORAGE MEANS LOCATION WHOSE FIRST TRANSLATING MEANS IS BEING SENSED AND ALSO DEFINES A TIME PHASE PERIOD DURING WHICH THE OPERATION SPECIFIED BY ANY SAID OPERATION VALUE THEREIN IS TO BE PERFORMED, WHILE A SAID SECOND SIGNAL THEREFROM PREVENTS SAID FIRST CONTROL MEANS FOR GENERATING ANY PHASE SIGNAL INDICATION IDENTIFYING SAID LAST NAMED STORAGE MEANS LOCATION; (D) SECOND CONTROL MEANS FOR CONDITIONING SAID FIRST CONTROL MEANS TO MAKE THE LATTER SEQUENTIALLY SENSE SAID PLURALITY OAF FIRST TRANSLATING MEANS IN A MANNER SUCH THAT SAID PARTICULAR PHASE SIGNAL INDICATIONS ARE SUCCESSIVELY GENERATED, WITH SAID SECOND CONTROL MEANS BEING RESPONSIVE AT THE COMMENCEMENT OF SENSING ANY SAID FIRST TRANSLATING MEANS TO A SAID SECOND SIGNAL THEREFROM IN ORDER TO IMMEDIATELY CONDITION SAID FIRST CONTROL MEANS TO SENSE A DIFFERENT ONE OF SAID FIRST TRANSLATING MEANS; AND (E) COMMAND GENERATOR MEANS RESPONSIVE TO EACH SAID PARTICULAR PHASE SIGNAL INDICATION FOR SAMPLING SAID IDENTIFIED STORAGE MEANS LOCATION SO AS TO DIRECT THE DATA PROCESSING SYSTEM IN PERFORMING ONLY THE OPERATION SPECIFIED BY A SAID OPERATION VALUE THEREIN.