online computing dictionary

A

• Adaline
• address space
• ANSI/SPARC Architecture
• architecture
• array
• asynchronous
• asynchronous logic
• Axiomatic Architecture Description Language

B

• 32-bit application
• 64-bit
• Basic Object Adapter
• bit slice
• BLOB
• bus
• bus master
• Byzantine

C

• CA
• Cache On A STick
• cellular multiprocessing
• Cellular Neural Network
• central processing unit
• cluster
• cognitive architecture
• Core Protocol Stack

D

• 3DNow!
• 3DNow! Professional
• DAG
• Data Address Generator
• data bus
• data path
• direct mapped cache
• Direct Memory Access
• distributed memory
• DNA computing
• Dynamic Address Translation
• dynamic translation

E

• emulation
• ESA
• Extended Industry-Standard Architecture

F

• fault
• fault tolerance
• fetch-execute cycle
• first generation computer

• flat address space
• Flynn's taxonomy
• fourth generation computer

G

H

• Harvard architecture
• HCF
• hit
• hit rate

I

• IA32
• Industry Standard Architecture
• input
• instruction prefetch
• instruction set
• instruction set architecture
• Intelligent Input/Output
• ISA
• ISA
• ISA

J

• Java Virtual Machine
• Joint Test Action Group

K

L

• Lisp Machine
• little-endian

M

• main memory
• memory address space
• memory mapped I/O
• Memory Type Range Registers
• Micro Channel Architecture
• microlog
• microprocessor
• middle-endian
• Moore's Law

N

• net
• Next Program Counter
• Non-Uniform Memory Access
• northbridge
• NPC
• NUXI problem

O

• orthogonal instruction set
• output

P

• page in
• page out
• PE
• ping-pong
• pipeline

• pipeline break
• PNP
• Portable Object Adapter
• PowerPC Platform
• power save mode
• prepaging
• primary cache

Q

R

• redundancy

S

• SAME
• scalar
• second generation computer
• segmented address space
• set associative cache
• single program/multiple data
• SOA
• southbridge
• SSE-2
• stack pointer
• state
• Streaming SIMD Extensions
• superscalar
• systolic array

T

• Task Control Block
• third generation computer
• three-tier
• Translation Look-aside Buffer

U

• USB

V

• Very Large Memory
• victim cache
• virtual
• virtual address
• VLM
• von Neumann architecture

W

• wait state
• Web Service Definition Language
• wintel
• working memory
• working set
• write-through

X

• XT bus architecture

Y

Z