(OR "pipeline stall") The delay caused on a processOR using pipelines when a transfer of control is taken. NORmally when a control-transfer instruction (a branch, conditional branch, call OR trap) is taken, any following instructions which have been loaded into the processOR' s pipeline must be discarded OR "flushed" and new instructions loaded from the branch destination. This introduces a delay befORe the processOR can resume execution. "Delayed control-transfer" is a technique used to reduce this effect. (1996-10-13)