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• Binary
  ...lly, '''binary''' refers to the base-2 number system, which is used at the hardware level of essentially all computers. It can also refer to numbers or other d ...rm for [[object code]], the low-level form of a computer program which the hardware in the [[Central Processing Unit|CPU]] can interpret directly.
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• Reduced Instruction Set Computer
  ...neering costs of that would be amortized over all the units, whereas extra hardware is a cost in every unit. [[Category: Computer Basics]]
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• Architecture
  ...evel organization and structure of a system. The term is applied to both [[hardware]] and [[software]]. [[Category: Basics]]
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• Stack Pointer
  ...s a stack pointer, but there is still usually one that is 'special' to the hardware (e.g. used during the processing of [[interrupt]]s), and this is usually di [[Category: CPU Basics]]
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• Register
  ...ot include many registers in the CPU, since each register needs separate [[hardware]], and that was a scarce resource early on. Many machines only had a single Later on, hardware was not so much of an issue, but computers still tend to have somewhat limi
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• Process
  ...amage/etc other processes; these limitations are usually enforced by the [[hardware]] of the CPU, as directed by the OS.) ...dress space]] all its own, implemented using real memory on the underlying hardware - although [[virtual memory]] may be used to provide it.
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• Virtual machine
  ...ide a process running in the same VM OS, but with the latter on the 'bare' hardware. This capability can be useful for testing new versions of the VM OS, etc. Not all computers can be virtualized; it requires that the machine hardware be carefully designed so that any and all operations which are reserved to
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• Base and bounds
  ...r in terms of the user's [[address space]], depended on the details of the hardware implementation, and was only relevant to the [[operating system]].) [[Category: CPU Basics]]
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• Subroutine
  Eventually [[hardware]] support (in the form of special instructions) was added to simplify calli [[Category: CPU Basics]]
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• Simulator
  ...itten to allow work on the software for a new computer to begin before the hardware is working. Simulators were also used to evaluate different proposed [[Cent ...ulators have become popular with people interested in older computers. The hardware for machines such as the [[IBM 7094]] (which ran the [[CTSS]] operating sys
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• Emulator
  ...ternal, visible functionality of another unit; the term is usually used of hardware, but not always. [[Category: Computer Basics]]
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• Bootstrap
  ...r methods for entering the bootstrap code into a blank memory, was special hardware for reading data off an external device such as [[paper tape]], or by manua [[Category: Computer Basics]]
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• Memory management
  '''Memory management''' is the name for the hardware (sometimes called the '''Memory Management Unit''', or '''MMU''') in a [[Ce This hardware is needed for two reasons. First, in a [[time-sharing]] [[operating system]
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• Flip-flop
  [[Category: Hardware Basics]]
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• Peripheral
  ...'device''' is a separate mechanism (always including some [[electronic]] [[hardware]], but often also some mechanical constituents) attached to a computer. The [[Category: Computer Basics]]
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• User
  On machines which have [[hardware]] support for time-sharing, the [[Central Processing Unit|CPU]] usually has [[Category: Basics]]
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• Binary-coded decimal
  On some machines, BCD was supported in the [[hardware]], as a formal data type with [[instruction]]s which could operate on BCD d [[Category: Computer Basics]]
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• Commercial Instruction Set
  ...t Corporation|DEC]]'s [[VAX]] line of computers, the early models included hardware support for the VAX [[architecture]]'s Commercial Instruction Set, but this [[Category: Computer Basics]]
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• Subroutine package
  ...s, a library implementing them was often provided on machines which lacked hardware support for BCD. [[Category: Software Basics]]
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• Device controller
  A '''device controller''' is a block of [[electronic]] [[hardware]] which is an intermediary between a computer (usually connecting to its [[ [[Category: Computer Basics]]
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