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  • ...the KS10 were available in [[multi-processor]] versions with two [[Central Processing Unit|CPUs]]. ...ided for the latter; it allowed peripherals to [[interrupt]] the [[Central Processing Unit|CPU]], and supported [[programmed I/O]] (including block transfers).
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  • ...in one field could access data in the same field by direct addressing, or data in another field with indirect addressing. ...ory controller. The 62X1 instuction (CDF, Change Data Field) would set the data field to X. Similarly 62X2, CIF, set the instruction field, 62X3 set both.
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  • In computer [[architecture]], a '''bus''' is a subsystem that transfers data or power between computer components inside a computer or between computers ..., it might take too long for the program to check again, resulting in lost data. Engineers thus arranged for the peripherals to interrupt the CPU. The in
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  • {{InfoboxVAX-Data ...1/785''' was an upgraded version of the [[VAX-11/780|/780]]; its [[Central Processing Unit|CPUs]] used [[Advanced Schottky]] [[logic]]. A /780 could be upgraded
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  • * [http://www.cs.man.ac.uk/CCS/res/res02.htm#d Designing a computer for data processing] - personal memories from John Pinkerton, the principal engineer
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  • {{InfoboxVAX-Data ...kplane. (The [[address space]] of the [[QBUS]] was limited to 4MB, and the data section is only 16 bits wide.)
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  • ...programming languages like MDL (an important influence on modern Lisp) to data bases, electronic mail and artificially intelligent systems -- if only cent ...ms for keeping track of documents, handling electronic correspondence, and processing text. When Zork was added to the list of possibilities, Joel and Marc worke
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  • ...al memory|paging]] [[hardware]] (which that generation of PDP-10 [[Central Processing Unit|CPU]] did not have). It later ran on the [[KL10]] and [[KS10]] models ...n units of either [[character]]s or [[word]]s (although an entire block of data could be transferred by a single [[system call]], if desired). All the usua
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  • command. It is so powerful that it can leave DDT's data bases ("kills") the current job. All the data in it is lost. The $J
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  • immediately read for processing. See the section on the process (text, data, and stack), RES is the current
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  • processing of devices already supported. ........ (and other data from computer) ............
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  • ...mple, operating systems provided [[file system]]s for users to store their data in. ...r could not interfere with another user, so protection of users (and their data, stored on disk) from each other became another function of the operating s
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  • ...the VT100 into [[VT52]] mode (one of the VT series' features) because VT52 processing had less overhead.[1] ...and use every other measure to improve how fast the terminal could process data (see above).
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  • ...r '''i386''' for short) is the 4th generation [[microprocessor]] [[Central Processing Unit|CPU]] from [[Intel]] based on the 8088/8086 CPU. The 386 was a 32-bit ...could only address 16MB of RAM maximum. The 386SX also only could transfer data 16 bits at a time, so reading a 32-bit word took two reads. This basically
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  • ...ls. It was implemented in two [[integrated circuit|chips]] ('Control' and 'Data') carried on a single 60-pin [[Dual Inline Package|DIP]] carrier. ...full [[PDP-11 Memory Management]] architecture (with split Instruction and Data address space support, as well as Supervisor mode). Although it contains bu
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  • ...-only memory|ROM]], [[Random Access Memory|RAM]] was only used for storing data, and this complicated the life of the [[programmer]] somewhat. ...by the Wxx instructions. (Also, the CM-RAM[0123] lines from the [[Central Processing Unit|processor]] chip are used to control "4002 RAM chips".)
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  • ...y Standard Architecture|ISA]] slots, and the 'advanced' [[i286]] [[Central Processing Unit|CPU]]. The IBM AT unlike the [[IBM XT]] is fully 16 bit, with a 16-bit [[data bus]], 24-bit [[address bus]], and 16-bit ISA expansion bus. IBM had also
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  • ...arily found in [[mainframe]] environments, and is used in business [[batch processing]]. * data
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  • ...-JC versions), it is really intended for use with a PMI-capable [[Central Processing Unit|CPU]], such as the [[KDJ11-B CPU|KDJ11-B]]. In systems such as the [[P The memory is arranged as 2 banks, each 16 data bits wide, with 6 additional bits for the ECC. One bank is used to hold [[w
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  • {{InfoboxVAXCPU-Data The '''KA630''' is the [[Central Processing Unit|CPU]] used in [[Digital Equipment Corporation|DEC]]'s [[MicroVAX II]].
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