Multiprocessing computer system

Claim 1

IN A COMPUTING SYSTEM CAPABLE OF SIMULTANEOUSLY OPERATING UPON A PLURALITY OF INDEPENDENT SEQUENCES OF INSTRUCTIONS, EACH OF SAID INSTRUCTIONS COMPRISING, A FIRST FIELD TO INDICATE THE RELATIVE POSITION OF THE PARTICULAR INSTRUCTION IN ITS ASSOCIATED SEQUENCE OF INSTRUCTIONS, A SECOND FIELD TO INDICATE WHICH CLASS OF ELEMENTS CAN EXECUTE THE PARTICULAR INSTRUCTION, A PLURALITY OF SIMULTANEOUSLY OPERABLE AUTONOMOUS COMPUTING ELEMENTS, SAID COMPUTING ELEMENTS BEING DIVIDED INTO SEVERAL DIFFERENT CLASSES, EACH CLASS OF ELEMENTS HAVING DIFFERENT COMPUTING CAPABILITIES, EACH COMPUTING ELEMENT INCLUDING MEANS FOR REQUESTING AN INSTRUCTION WHEN IT IS IDLE, A MEMORY SYSTEM HAVING A PLURALITY OF REGISTERS FOR STORING INSTRUCTIONS, INDICATING MEANS FOR INDICATING THOSE INSTRUCTIONS WHICH ARE LOGICALLY READY FOR EXECUTION, MEANS RESPONSIVE TO A REQUEST FOR AN INSTRUCTION FROM A PARTICULAR COMPUTING ELEMENT AND TO SAID INDICATING MEANS FOR READING OUT OF MEMORY AND FOR SENDING TO SAID PARTICULAR COMPUTING ELEMENT AN INSTRUCTION WHICH IS READY FOR EXECUTION AND WHICH HAS AN INDICATION IN THE SECOND FIELD THEREOF, WHICH INDICATES THAT THE PARTICULAR INSTRUCTION CAN BE EXECUTED BY THE PARTICULAR COMPUTING ELEMENT.