in a word (the word size, word width, or word length) is an important characteristic of any specific processor design or computer architecture. The size...
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In computer science and computer engineering, computer architecture is the structure of a computer system made from component parts. It can sometimes...
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up Word, word, or words in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A word is a unit of language. Word(s) may also refer to: Word (computer architecture), a...
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In computer architecture, predication is a feature that provides an alternative to conditional transfer of control, as implemented by conditional branch...
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expression of a complete thought.: 70 Longest words Utterance Word (computer architecture) Word count, the number of words in a document or passage of text...
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In computer architecture, word addressing means that addresses of memory on a computer uniquely identify words of memory. It is usually used in contrast...
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The von Neumann architecture—also known as the von Neumann model or Princeton architecture—is a computer architecture based on the First Draft of a Report...
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In electronics and computer science, a reduced instruction set computer (RISC) (pronounced "risk") is a computer architecture designed to simplify the...
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32-bit computing (redirect from 32-bit architecture)
In computer architecture, 32-bit computing refers to computer systems with a processor, memory, and other major system components that operate on data...
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family of reduced instruction set computer (RISC) instruction set architectures (ISA): A-1 : 19 developed by MIPS Computer Systems, now MIPS Technologies...
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century that the word acquired its modern definition; according to the Oxford English Dictionary, the first known use of the word computer was in a different...
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Computer Organization and Design (4th ed.). Morgan Kaufmann. ISBN 978-0-12-374493-7. Patterson, David; Hennessy, John (2011). Computer Architecture:...
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Very long instruction word (VLIW) refers to instruction set architectures that are designed to exploit instruction-level parallelism (ILP). A VLIW processor...
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An instruction set architecture (ISA) is an abstract model of a computer, also referred to as computer architecture. A realization of an ISA is called...
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(2014-06-07). The Z1: Architecture and Algorithms of Konrad Zuse's First Computer. arXiv:1406.1886. Zuse, Konrad (2013-03-09). The Computer – My Life. Springer...
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and word-addressed machines. The term octet always refers to an 8-bit quantity. It is mostly used in the field of computer networking, where computers with...
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Burroughs Large Systems (category High-level language computer architecture)
divisions with very different product line architectures for high-end, mid-range, and entry-level business computer systems. Each division's product line grew...
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Signal word may refer to: A type of warning label in a Toxicity Class regulatory system Word (computer architecture), a fixed-sized group of bits handled...
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In computer science, an instruction set architecture (ISA) is an abstract model that generally defines how software controls the CPU in a computer or...
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The Harvard architecture is a computer architecture with separate storage and signal pathways for instructions and data. It is often contrasted with the...
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Central processing unit (redirect from Personal computer Central Processing Unit)
design of the stored-program computer because of his design of EDVAC, and the design became known as the von Neumann architecture, others before him, such...
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z/Architecture, initially and briefly called ESA Modal Extensions (ESAME), is IBM's 64-bit complex instruction set computer (CISC) instruction set architecture...
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Byte (category Computer memory)
character of text in a computer and for this reason it is the smallest addressable unit of memory in many computer architectures. To disambiguate arbitrarily...
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IAS machine (redirect from IAS (computer))
15, 1958. The IAS machine was a binary computer with a 40-bit word, storing two 20-bit instructions in each word. The memory was 1,024 words (5 kilobytes...
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12-bit computing (redirect from 12-bit word length)
In computer architecture, 12-bit integers, memory addresses, or other data units are those that are 12 bits (1.5 octets) wide. Also, 12-bit central processing...
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Byte addressing (category Computer architecture)
hardware architectures supports accessing individual bytes. Computers with byte addressing are sometimes called byte machines, in contrast to word-addressable...
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Computer-aided architectural design (CAAD) software programs are the repository of accurate and comprehensive records of buildings and are used by architects...
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In computer science, a tagged architecture is a type of computer architecture where every word of memory constitutes a tagged union, being divided into...
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