# Cairngorm Microarchitecture

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**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [December 16, 2006, 5:16am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/cairngorm-microarchitecture/210213 "2006-12-16T05:16:54Z")\
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**Author:** ![Jack\_Smith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a88e4f/32.png) [@Jack\_Smith](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Jack_Smith)\
**Post date:** [December 16, 2006, 5:16am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/cairngorm-microarchitecture/210213/1 "2006-12-16T05:16:54Z")

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[SIZE=4][COLOR=navy]What does this mean “The Cairngorm Microarchitecture is a lightweight yet prescriptive framework”? What does prescriptive framework mean?[/COLOR][/SIZE]