| A | B |
|---|
| ALU | Arithmetic Logic Unit; the portion of the CPU that is responsible for mathemetical calculations |
| AMD | Advanced Micro Devices; company for manufacturing Athlon and Duron processors |
| Cache | special memory that resides in the processor or the processor packaging; stores information by using the CPU in effort to predict what the processor will need next |
| Chip | semiconductor material processed to have special electrical characteristics for ICs or other electrical components |
| Clock Speed | internal heartbeat of the computer |
| CPU | central processing unit; brains of the computer |
| CPU Voltage | the amount of voltage supplied to the CPU by the power supply |
| DIMM | Duali Inline Memory Module; 168-pin memeory module that replaced the SIMMs |
| DRAM | Dynamic Random Access Memory; stores each bit in a seperate capacitor and must be constantly refreshed |
| Microprocessor | same as CPU |
| MMX | Multimedia Extensions; a set of 57 additional instructions for improvements |
| Nonvolatile memory | memeory that does not lose its contents if the power is removed |
| Parity error | memory error that uses 9th parity bit to add up bits to see if the data thats written to memory is taken from memeory |
| Pentium | the name createdby Intel for 5th generation processors because they could not patent a number |
| Pentium family | the 5th generation of processors manufactured by Intel |
| RAM | Random Access Memory |
| ROM | fast memory hardware that holds its contents when power is removed; also known as firmware |
| RIMM | memory module, commonly with a metal cover, used with RDRAM chips and has d184 pins |
| SDRAM | Synchronous Dynamic Random Access Memory; eliminates wait states by working with the CPU's clock |
| SEC | Single Edge Cartridge; processor package that fits into Slot 1 or 2 |
| Shadowing | the process of copying the contents of slower ROM into faster RAM |
| SODIMM | small outline dual inline memory module 144-pin memory used in laptops |
| SRAM | static random access memory; memory that chache is made out of |
| Virtual Memory | part of the hard drive that acts like RAM that can allow programs to operate like they have more memory than what they actually do |
| Volatile Memory | memory that loses its contents if the power is removed |
