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  • ...and through [[Light Emitting Diode|LEDs]] on the modules minimizes repair time. ...ers (26 KBytes) plus a buffer for 20 host commands (plus one for immediate execution) and the data structures to manage both dynamically.
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  • A maximum of 6 channels may be open at a given time. Well there you have it, the Fortran installation, compilation, linking & execution of the oldest source version I can find at the moment of Dungeon/Zork. Who
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  • programs must have a Execution of the program begins at the each time it is called, and returns that character as the
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  • ...d and performance is due to its efficient instruction set and the paralell execution of independent procedures. Its operating system is the VAX/VMS virtual memo ..., they used what they could get access to, so the process took rather long time.
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  • time, without notice. real-time applications, embedded microcontrollers, and network services.
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  • because time previously spent starting and stopping, entering and at the same time. Each application can support multiple windows.
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  • 5.1.2.3 Speed Execution 5.2.2 Time-Critical Priority Category
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  • commands, used to examine a file a screenful at a time. No basis. In addition, the load-time library has been greatly
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  • The [[Central Processing Unit|CPU]] had two main units, the 'E Box' ('Execution') and the 'M Box' ('Memory'). It provided three types of [[bus]]ses to the The [[Stanford Artificial Intelligence Laboratory|SAIL]] (or SU-AI) [[time-sharing]] system — [[WAITS]] — main computer was a KL10 from 1976 to 19
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  • ...hich for purposes of increased speed usually have multiple instructions in execution in parallel, the simple model above no longer actually applies.) A number of different technologies have been used over time for main memory.
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  • ...could be almost anything: a clock ticking, or some sort of problem in the execution of a program (e.g. a divide by zero). To 'service' the interrupt, the state of the CPU at the time of the interrupt (e.g. the [[Program Counter]]) is saved, and the CPU then
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  • ...ptimized toward producing the fastest possible [[instruction]] [[execution time]], as part of a overall system architecture which maximizes the performance ...he instruction/feature which uses it - this will allow the machine's cycle time to be reduced, i.e. increasing its clock speed.
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  • ...vide by zero', or purely software, e.g. 'unexpected end-of-file'), program execution is diverted to a condition handler for that specific condition, which is ex ...alled''' (in either that procedure, or any procedure it calls, and so on), execution jumps to that condition handler. Should an inferior procedure set up a cond
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  • The '''Berkeley Time-Sharing System''' was a very influential [[time-sharing]] [[operating system]] for an enhanced [[Scientific Data Systems|SD ...to execute a privileged instruction while in user mode will result in the execution of a [[no-op|NOP]] instruction and, subsequently, a trap".
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  • ...onym backronym] of the old acronym [[NCP]] (which changed its meaning over time; it originally stood for [[Network Control Program (ARPANET)|Network Contro ...t have their TCP/IP software working yet could get ''temporary'' 'stays of execution', but basically NCP was turned off on January 1.)
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  • | type = real-time '''RTS-8''' (later spelled '''RTS/8''') is a compact [[real-time system|real-time]] [[operating system]] designed for the [[PDP-8 family]] of [[processor]]s
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  • ...execution]] of ''an'' instruction. (The caveat is because in complex CPUs, execution of an instruction is sometimes 'stalled' for various reasons.)
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  • ...o the first computer with [[core memory]], which was invented for it (some time after it had first come into service; it initially used [[Williams tube|ele ...d-only memory|ROM]], but did not include any ability to alter the order of execution thereof.)
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  • .... (The [[fetch]] of the next instruction was overlapped with the [[execute|execution]] of the previous one.) ...ontained 50 words; thus, 20 bands in the former, and 40 in the latter. The time to read a word, once it was at the [[head]]s, was only 100 μsec.
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  • ...l Processing Unit|processors]], particularly in those using [[out-of-order execution]], to avoid 'stalls' caused by conflicts over [[register]] usage. ...ch some prior instruction (in [[program]] terms, not [[execute|execution]] time terms) needs to use as an input, the first instruction cannot complete unti
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  • ...eywords are replaced with a single byte token, to save space and execution time. Programs may be saved in compact tokenized form, or optionally saved as DO A diagnostic note: If your hard disk does not spin up in time, it may boot into cassette BASIC on a PC.
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  • '''HP Time-Shared BASIC''' ('''HP TSB''') is a [[BASIC]] [[programming language]] [[in
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  • * [[Time-sharing]] DDT, for [[user]]s' [[process]]es on the PDP-6 and 10. % $G Start execution at address in JOBSA (start of program)
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  • The purpose of the power-up and power-down sequences is to guarantee time to store (on power-down) and retrieve (on power-up) the program parameters ...nimum of 10 mseconds after receipt of the negation of DC LO. This provides time for initialization of most bus devices.
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  • To discard the rest of the Help package at any time, and to The next time you issue a Help command, you can follow it
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  • This is time consuming, especially if the field engineer must power the same time as MSYN L, allowing no deskew time for the address
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  • '''VAXELN''' is a [[real-time]] [[operating system]] for the [[VAX]]. VAXELN is a software product for the development of dedicated, real-time systems for [[VAX]] processors.
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  • | Execution Box | [[Object Time System]]
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  • ...and through [[Light Emitting Diode|LEDs]] on the modules minimizes repair time. ...n) set by software, which sets the number of double-words transferred each time the KDA50 gains control of the QBUS; it can be set from 1 to 8, and default
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  • ...S releases so that inconsistencies between shareable images (i.e., the run-time libraries) wouldn't occur. Thus, VMS maintenance releases would have to be ...l mode, while user programming uses standard VAX language features and run-time library routines and executes in user mode (application programs).
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  • ...CL]] technology and a two-phase clock system achieve a 45-nanosecond cycle time. [[Microcode|Micro instructions]] are processed simulta­neously through fo * E Box = Execution Box
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  • ...are used e.g. for testing the various [[SIMH]] VAX simulators for correct execution of the VAX native mode instructions. ...are numbered 1, 2R, 2, 3, 4, and 5. A program’s level indicates its run-time environment.
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  • ...ocess to pause execution, while deep in a [[call stack]], and later resume execution at the exact same point it paused - without needing any additional code to He also did work on [[Compatible Time-Sharing System|CTSS]] (including the creation of the [[editor]] [[TYPSET]]
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  • ...nes; the shorter ones had the role of [[register]]s in most computers. The time required for one word (the whole machine was [[serial]]) was termed a 'mino | Wait || 5 || Minor cycle in which to start instruction execution
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  • ...nd the track, with multiple read [[head]]s, so as to reduce their [[access time]]. | F, G, H || Phase of [[instruction]] execution
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