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11Process control block — A Process Control Block (PCB, also called Task Control Block or Task Struct) is a data structure in the operating system kernel containing the information needed to manage a particular process. The PCB is the manifestation of a process in an… …
12CPU cache — Cache memory redirects here. For the general use, see cache. A CPU cache is a cache used by the central processing unit of a computer to reduce the average time to access memory. The cache is a smaller, faster memory which stores copies of the… …
13Apollo Guidance Computer — and DSKY Invented by MIT Instrumentation Laboratory Manufacturer Raytheon Introduced August 1966 …
14Smalltalk — This article is about the programming language. For other uses, see Small talk (disambiguation). Smalltalk Smalltalk 80: The Language and its Implementation, a.k.a. the Blue book , a seminal book on the language Paradigm(s) object oriented… …
15Garbage collection (computer science) — This article is about garbage collection in memory management. For garbage collection in an SSD, see garbage collection (SSD). For other uses, see garbage collection. In computer science, garbage collection (GC) is a form of automatic memory… …
16Burroughs large systems — The Burroughs large systems were the largest of three series of Burroughs Corporation mainframe computers. Founded in the 1880s, Burroughs was the oldest continuously operating entity in computing, but by the late 1950s its computing equipment… …
17Burroughs MCP — Master Control Program redirects here. For the fictitious computer program villain, see Master Control Program (Tron). MCP Company / developer Burroughs / Unisys Programmed in ESPOL, NEWP OS family Not Applicable Working state Current …
18Zilog Z80 — One of the first Z80 microprocessors manufactured; the date stamp is from June 1976. Produced 1976 Common manufacturer(s) Zilog …
19Process management (computing) — Operating systems …
20Multithreading (computer architecture) — This article describes hardware supports for multithreads. For thread in software, see Thread (computer science). Multithreading computers have hardware support to efficiently execute multiple threads. These are distinguished from multiprocessing …
