Lesson 3 Flashcards
is a device that makes our work easier. It helps us to complete our task easily and speedily.
Computer
are tiny device that are used to store 2 values 1 and 0 or on and off.
Transistors
is a set of instructions that tells the computer what to do, when to do, and how to do.
Software
converts our code into machine language that can be understood by computer.
Interpreter
A stored program computer has the following 4 basic units:
- Processor
- Memory
- I/O System
- Data-Path and Control
is the center for manipulation and control.
Processor
is the storage for instructions for currently executing programs.
Memory
is a controller which communicates with “external” devices: secondary, memory, display devices and networks.
I/O System
are collection of parallel wires, transmits data, instructions, or control signals.
Data Path and Control
defines the ways in which the above components are interconnected and controlled. It is the capabilities and performance characteristics of those principal functional units.
Computer Organization
can have a number of organizational implementations, and organization differs between different computer versions.
Architecture
is a part of a computer system specially designed to carry out operations on floating-point numbers.
floating-point coprocessor
is a digital circuit that tries to guess which way a branch will go before this is known definitively.
Branch predictor
The purpose of the _____ is to improve the flow in the instruction pipeline.
branch predictor
refers to systems based on 32-bit processors generally compatible with the Intel Pentium® II processor, (for example, Intel® Pentium® 4 processor or Intel® Xeon® processor), or processors from other manufacturers supporting the same instruction set, running a 32-bit operating system.
IA-32 Architecture
is a single instruction, multiple data instruction set architecture designed by Intel, introduced on January 8, 1997 with its Pentium P5 based line of microprocessors, named “Pentium with MMX Technology”.
MMX
is a modified form of Fast Page Mode (FPM) memory, common in the 1980s and 1990s that allows timing overlap between each new data access cycle.
EDO (Extended Data Output)
which synchronizes itself with the CPU bus and runs at higher clock speeds, PC66 at 66 MHz, and also PC100 at 100MHz. This tends to increase the number of instructions that the processor can perform in a given time.
SDRAM (Synchronous DRAM)
a DRAM with a very high bandwidth, 800MHz.
RDRAM (Rambus DRAM)
is a dynamic or power-refreshed RAM, also known as cached DRAM.
Enhanced DRAM
is a type of random-access memory which is completely embedded in the application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC).
EDRAM (Embedded DRAM)
deals with the selection of the basic functional units such as the processor and memory, and how they should be interconnected into a computer system.
Computer Organization
is a computer software designed to carry out a specific task other than one relating to the operation of the computer itself, typically to be used by end-users.
Application software
is a computer software designed to carry out a specific task other than one relating to the operation of the computer itself, typically to be used by end-users.
Application software