Pipelining: improves system performance by allowing the CPU to begin executing a second instruction before the first is completed. A pipeline can be likened to an assembly line, with a given part of the pipe- line repeatedly executing a set part of an operation on a series of instructions.
PM timers (Power Management timers): software timers that count down the number of seconds or min- utes until the system times out and enters sleep, suspend, or doze mode.
PnP
PXE (Preboot Execution Environment): one of four components that together make up the Wired for Man- agement 2.0 baseline specification. PXE was designed to define a standard set of preboot protocol ser- vices within a client, towards the goal of allowing
RAID (Redundant Array of Independent Disks): a way for the same data to be stored in different places on many hard drives. By using this method, the data is stored redundantly, also the multiple hard drives willl appear as a single drive to the operating system. RAID level 0 is is known as striping, where data is striped (or overlapped) across multiple hard drives, but offers no
RAM (Random Access Memory): technically refers to a type of memory where any byte can be accessed without touching the adjacent data, is often used to refer to the system’s main memory. This memory is available to any program running on the computer.
ROM
SDRAM (Synchronous Dynamic RAM): called as such because it can keep two sets of memory addresses open simultaneously. By transferring data alternately from one set of addresses and then the other, SDRAM cuts down on the delays associated with
Serial port: called as such because it transmits the eight bits of a byte of data along one wire, and receives data on another single wire (that is, the data is transmitted in serial form, one bit after another).
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