Computer Organization and Design MIPS Edition, 6th Edition
by David A. Patterson, John L. Hennessy
Glossary
absolute address A variable’s or routine’s actual address in memory.
abstraction A model that renders lower level details of computer systems temporarily invisible to facilitate design of sophisticated systems.
acronym A word constructed by taking the initial letters of a string of words. For example: RAM is an acronym for Random Access Memory, and CPU is an acronym for Central Processing Unit.
active matrix display A liquid crystal display using a transistor to control the transmission of light at each individual pixel.
address A value used to delineate the location of a specific data element within a memory array.
address translation Also called address mapping. The process by which a virtual address is mapped to an address used to ...
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