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• Swapping
  It was the usual technique in systems whose hardware did not support paging, i.e. those which did [[memory management]] using [[ [[Category: OS Basics]]
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• Hardware
  '''Hardware''' is a term for all the physical components of a computer: the [[transisto [[Category: Basics]]
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• Software
  ...all the information (or state) which directs the action of a computer's [[hardware]]. It may include the [[Central Processing Unit|CPU]]'s [[microcode]] (even [[Category: Basics]]
  476 bytes (69 words) - 22:31, 16 December 2018
• Packet switch
  More recently, very high speed packet switches use custom [[hardware]]. [[Category: Networking Basics]]
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• Front end
  [[Category: Hardware Basics]]
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• Adder
  An '''adder''' is a collection of [[hardware]] (now [[gate]]s) which, as the name implies, can add together the numbers [[Category:Hardware Basics]]
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• Circuit
  More loosely, the term 'circuit' (or '''circuitry''') is used to describe a [[hardware]] assembly, including a range of devices such as [[transistor]]s, etc. [[Category: Electrical Basics]]
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• Address
  For the former, the [[hardware]] reacts to references to a given address by using the unit of storage at t [[Category: Basics]]
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• Interface
  * A [[device controller]], a piece of [[hardware]] that connects a computer to a [[peripheral]] [[Category: Basics]]
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• Kernel
  ...me operations (e.g. changing the configuration of the [[virtual memory]] [[hardware]]) which are forbidden to 'ordinary' [[user]] [[program]]s (usually running [[Category: OS Basics]]
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• User interface
  ...some system interacts with a [[user]]. Exactly how will depend on i) the [[hardware]] which is available to pass information to the user ([[printing terminal]] ...] editors when bit-mapped displays became widely available. Similarly, new hardware often enabled a new generation of applications (e.g. [[spread-sheet]]s, [[i
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• Diagnostic
  ...of [[software]] which is designed to test the correct operation of some [[hardware]]. There are two main forms: [[Category: Computer Basics]]
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• Type
  The [[hardware]] usually supports a limited, fixed number of types, but the [[software]] m [[Category: Basics]]
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• Logic
  In the computer world, it is a term used to describe a group of [[digital]] [[hardware]] - collections of [[gate]]s, [[flip-flop]]s, etc. [[Category: Basics]]
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• Memory
  '''Memory''' is technology or [[hardware]] used to retain data to make it available for later use. The term is usual [[Category: Hardware Basics]]
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• Flow control
  ...]], there are a pair of control lines dedicated to doing flow control in [[hardware]] - Request To Send, and Clear To Send. The sender activates RTS when it ha [[Category: Basics]]
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• Buffer
  ...oring data while it is waiting to be used. Buffers may be implemented in [[hardware]] or [[software]]; it might be [[memory]] in a [[device controller]], it mi [[Category: Basics]]
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• Negative logic
  [[Category: Hardware Basics]]
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• Address bus
  [[Category:Hardware Basics]]
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• Data bus
  [[Category:Hardware Basics]]
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