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Computer architecture concepts

16-bit computing
Computer architecture bit width
32-bit computing
Computer architecture
64-bit computing
Computer architecture bit width
8-bit computing
CPU design
ARM architecture family
Family of RISC-based computer architectures
Cache (computing)
Additional storage that enables faster access to main storage
Cache coherence
Property of shared data being read as the same value across different execution units, without data races
Cloud computing
Form of Internet-based computing that shares processing resources and data
Computer cluster
Set of computers configured in a distributed computing system
Distributed computing
System whose components are located on different networked computers
DNA computing
Computing using molecular biology hardware
Endianness
Order of bytes in a computer word
Epoch (computing)
Date and time from which a computer measures system time
Grid computing
Use of widely distributed computer resources to reach a common goal
IBM POWER architecture
Instruction set
Instruction set architecture
Model that describe software's operations to a processor
MIPS architecture
Instruction set architecture
Multiprocessing
Use of two or more central processing units (CPUs) within a single computer system
Multithreading (computer architecture)
Ability of a CPU to provide multiple threads of execution concurrently
Optical computing
Computer that uses photons or light waves
Quantum computing
Study of a model of computation
System time
Representation of time used in computers
Unix time
System for identifying instants in time for computers
Very long instruction word
Instruction set architecture
Von Neumann architecture
Computer architecture where code and data share a common bus
x86
Family of instruction set architectures
x86-64
64-bit version of x86 architecture