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System bus

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A system bus is a single computer bus that connects the major components of a computer system, combining the functions of a data bus to carry information, an address bus to determine where it should be sent, and a control bus to determine its operation. [1]

51 relations: A20 line, Arbiter (electronics), ARINC 573, AS-International, Back-side bus, Bus (computing), Bus contention, Bus encoding, Computer fan, Control bus, Conventional PCI, DIB, Directory-based coherence, Edge connector, Emulator, Enforce In-order Execution of I/O, Floppy-disk controller, Front-side bus, Galileo (spacecraft), Glossary of computer hardware terms, HyperTransport, Intel Xeon chipsets, Mac Pro, Machine-check exception, Macintosh LC family, Macintosh LC II, Memory address, Memory controller, Microcomputer, Mindset (computer), Network interface controller, NForce2, Open architecture, PDP-11, PDP-8, Pentium Pro, Peripheral bus, Power Mac G4, Power-on self-test, Prefetch input queue, R4200, Ravi Arimilli, Reliability, availability and serviceability, Ricoh 5A22, SBus, SCSI, SGI Octane, Symmetric multiprocessing, Von Neumann architecture, Xerox Alto, ..., Xserve. Expand index (1 more) »

A20 line

The A20, or addressing line 20, is one of the electrical lines that make up the system bus of an x86-based computer system.

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Arbiter (electronics)

Arbiters are electronic devices that allocate access to shared resources.

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ARINC 573

ARINC 573 is an avionics data bus standard developed by ARINC.

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AS-International

AS-International is the nonprofit trade association for AS-Interface (Actuator/Sensor-Interface, short: AS-i) users worldwide.

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Back-side bus

In personal computer microprocessor architecture, a back-side bus (BSB), or backside bus, was a computer bus used on early Intel platforms to connect the CPU to CPU cache memory, usually off-die L2.

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Bus (computing)

In computer architecture, a bus (a contraction of the Latin omnibus) is a communication system that transfers data between components inside a computer, or between computers.

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Bus contention

Bus contention, in computer design, is an undesirable state of the bus in which more than one device on the bus attempts to place values on the bus at the same time.

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Bus encoding

Bus encoding refers to converting/encoding a piece of data to another form before launching on the bus.

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Computer fan

A computer fan is any fan inside, or attached to, a computer case used for active cooling, and may refer to fans that draw cooler air into the case from the outside, expel warm air from inside, or move air across a heat sink to cool a particular component.

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Control bus

In computer architecture, a control bus is part of the system bus, used by CPUs for communicating with other devices within the computer.

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Conventional PCI

Conventional PCI, often shortened to PCI, is a local computer bus for attaching hardware devices in a computer.

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DIB

Dib, dib or DIB may stand for.

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Directory-based coherence

Directory-based coherence is a mechanism to handle Cache coherence problem in Distributed shared memory (DSM) a.k.a Non-Uniform Memory Access (NUMA).

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Edge connector

An edge connector is the portion of a printed circuit board (PCB) consisting of traces leading to the edge of the board that are intended to plug into a matching socket.

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Emulator

In computing, an emulator is hardware or software that enables one computer system (called the host) to behave like another computer system (called the guest).

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Enforce In-order Execution of I/O

Enforce In-order Execution of I/O, or EIEIO, is a machine code instruction used on the PowerPC computer processor which prevents one memory or I/O operation from starting until the previous memory or I/O operation completed.

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Floppy-disk controller

A floppy-disk controller (FDC) is a special-purpose chip and associated disk controller circuitry that directs and controls reading from and writing to a computer's floppy disk drive (FDD).

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Front-side bus

A front-side bus (FSB) was a computer communication interface (bus) often used in Intel-chip-based computers during the 1990s and 2000s.

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Galileo (spacecraft)

Galileo was an American unmanned spacecraft that studied the planet Jupiter and its moons, as well as several other Solar System bodies.

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Glossary of computer hardware terms

This is a glossary of terms relating to computer hardware – physical computer hardware, architectural issues, and peripherals.

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HyperTransport

HyperTransport (HT), formerly known as Lightning Data Transport (LDT), is a technology for interconnection of computer processors.

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Intel Xeon chipsets

Around the time that the Pentium III processor was introduced, Intel's Xeon line diverged from its line of desktop processors, which at the time was using the Pentium branding.

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Mac Pro

The Mac Pro is a series of workstation and server computers designed, manufactured and sold by Apple Inc. since 2006.

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Machine-check exception

A machine-check exception (MCE) is a type of computer hardware error that occurs when a computer's central processing unit detects a hardware problem.

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Macintosh LC family

The Macintosh LC is a family of personal computers designed, manufactured and sold by Apple Computer, Inc. from 1990 to 1997.

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Macintosh LC II

The Macintosh LC II is a personal computer designed, manufactured, and sold by Apple Computer, Inc. from March 1992 to March 1993.

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Memory address

In computing, a memory address is a reference to a specific memory location used at various levels by software and hardware.

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Memory controller

The memory controller is a digital circuit that manages the flow of data going to and from the computer's main memory.

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Microcomputer

A microcomputer is a small, relatively inexpensive computer with a microprocessor as its central processing unit (CPU).

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Mindset (computer)

The Mindset, released in spring 1984, was an Intel 80186-based MS-DOS personal computer.

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Network interface controller

A network interface controller (NIC, also known as a network interface card, network adapter, LAN adapter or physical network interface, and by similar terms) is a computer hardware component that connects a computer to a computer network.

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NForce2

The nForce2 chipset was released by Nvidia in July 2002 as a refresh to the original nForce product offering.

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Open architecture

Open architecture is a type of computer architecture or software architecture that is designed to make adding, upgrading and swapping components easy.

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PDP-11

The PDP-11 is a series of 16-bit minicomputers sold by Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC) from 1970 into the 1990s, one of a succession of products in the PDP series.

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PDP-8

The PDP-8 was a 12-bit minicomputer produced by Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC).

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Pentium Pro

The Pentium Pro is a sixth-generation x86 microprocessor developed and manufactured by Intel introduced in November 1, 1995.

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Peripheral bus

In computing, a peripheral bus is a computer bus designed to support computer peripherals like printers and hard drives.

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Power Mac G4

The Power Mac G4 is a series of personal computers designed, manufactured, and sold by Apple Computer, Inc. from 1999 to 2004 as part of the Power Macintosh line.

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Power-on self-test

A power-on self-test (POST) is a process performed by firmware or software routines immediately after a computer or other digital electronic device is powered on.

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Prefetch input queue

Fetching the instruction opcodes from program memory well in advance is known as prefetching and it is served by using prefetch input queue (PIQ).The pre-fetched instructions are stored in data structure - namely a queue.

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R4200

The R4200 is a microprocessor designed by MIPS Technologies, Inc. (MTI) that implemented the MIPS III instruction set architecture (ISA).

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Ravi Arimilli

Ravi Arimilli (born 1963) is an IBM Fellow and Chief Architect.

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Reliability, availability and serviceability

Reliability, availability and serviceability (RAS) is a computer hardware engineering term involving reliability engineering, high availability, and serviceability design.

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Ricoh 5A22

The Ricoh 5A22 is a microprocessor produced by Ricoh for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES) video game console.

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SBus

SBus is a computer bus system that was used in most SPARC-based computers (including all SPARCstations) from Sun Microsystems and others during the 1990s.

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SCSI

Small Computer System Interface (SCSI) is a set of standards for physically connecting and transferring data between computers and peripheral devices.

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SGI Octane

The Octane and the similar Octane2 are IRIX workstations marketed by SGI.

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Symmetric multiprocessing

Symmetric multiprocessing (SMP) involves a multiprocessor computer hardware and software architecture where two or more identical processors are connected to a single, shared main memory, have full access to all input and output devices, and are controlled by a single operating system instance that treats all processors equally, reserving none for special purposes.

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Von Neumann architecture

The von Neumann architecture, which is also known as the von Neumann model and Princeton architecture, is a computer architecture based on the 1945 description by the mathematician and physicist John von Neumann and others in the First Draft of a Report on the EDVAC.

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Xerox Alto

The Xerox Alto is the first computer designed from its inception to support an operating system based on a graphical user interface (GUI), later using the desktop metaphor.

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Xserve

Xserve is a line of rack unit computers designed by Apple Inc. for use as servers.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/System_bus

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