general-purpose microprocessor
121Hard disk drive — Hard drive redirects here. For other uses, see Hard drive (disambiguation). Hard disk drive Mechanical interior of a modern hard disk drive Date invented 24 December 1954 [1] …
122Programmable logic device — A programmable logic device or PLD is an electronic component used to build reconfigurable digital circuits. Unlike a logic gate, which has a fixed function, a PLD has an undefined function at the time of manufacture. Before the PLD can be used… …
123WDC 65C02 — The Western Design Center WDC 65C02 microprocessor is an upgraded CMOS version of the popular NMOS based MOS Technology 6502 8 bit CPU mdash; the CMOS redesign being made by Bill Mensch of the Western Design Center (WDC). Over various periods of… …
124BASIC — This article is about the programming language. For the think tank, see British American Security Information Council. For the group of countries, see BASIC countries. For other uses, see Basic (disambiguation). BASIC Screenshot of Atari BASIC,… …
125PowerPC G3 — is a designation used by Apple Computer to a third generation of PowerPC microprocessors from the PowerPC 750 family designed and manufactured by IBM and Motorola/Freescale. The term is often, incorrectly, imagined to be a physical model of… …
126Pirate decryption — most often refers to the reception of compromised pay TV or pay radio signals without authorization from the original broadcaster. The term pirate in this case is used in the sense of copyright infringement and has little or nothing to do with… …
127Reduced instruction set computer — The acronym RISC (pronounced risk ), for reduced instruction set computing, represents a CPU design strategy emphasizing the insight that simplified instructions which do less may still provide for higher performance if this simplicity can be… …
128Firmware — In computing, firmware is a computer program that is embedded in a hardware device, for example a microcontroller. It can also be provided on flash memory or as a binary image file that can be uploaded onto existing hardware by a user.As its name …
