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| Names for the CPU | Central processing unit, microprocessor, and processor. |
| CPUs are rated based upon... | internal and external speeds in MHz, and special functionality such as MMX technology. |
| A CPU can... | In either real modse or protected mode. |
| When a CPU runs in protected mode?.. | Two programs canrun without interfering with each other's memory space. |
| MMX | Is a CPU technology that is used by multimedia software to improve performance. |
| SSE... | Further improves CPU multimedia performance.SImd means single instruction, multimedia data. AMD has a competing technology to SSE-3D. |
| Cache... | On the microchip is called internal cache, primary cache, Level 1 caches. Outside the chip its called external cache, secondary cache, Level 2 cache |
| Pentium 3 L2 cache... | Stored on a seperate microchip it is called discrete L2 cache. |
