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pipeline flush

Throwing away the instructions that entered the pipeline after a branch when they turn out to be the wrong ones; they never change any register or memory.

A pipeline flush (squash) cancels the instructions in stages before the point where a branch resolved, turning them into bubbles before they can write architectural state, and restarts fetch at the correct address.

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architectural state control hazard
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