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1Prefetch input queue — Most modern processors load their instructions some clock cycles before they execute them. This is achieved by pre loading machine code from memory into a prefetch input queue (PIQ).This behavior only applies to von Neumann computers (that is,… …
2Process management (computing) — Operating systems …
3List of MS-DOS commands — Contents 1 Resident and transient commands 2 Command line arguments 3 Windows command prompt …
4Paging — This article is about computer virtual memory. For the wireless communication devices, see Pager . Bank switching is also called paging. Page flipping is also called paging. For calling people in a public place see Public address. In computer… …
5General protection fault — This article is about the x86 exception. For the webcomic, see General Protection Fault (webcomic). A general protection fault (GPF) in the Intel x86 and AMD x86 64 architectures, and other unrelated architectures, is a fault (a type of… …
6Classic RISC pipeline — In the history of computer hardware, some early reduced instruction set computer central processing units (RISC CPUs) used a very similar architectural solution, now called a classic RISC pipeline. Those CPUs were: MIPS, SPARC, Motorola 88000,… …
7Booting — This article is about bootstrapping operating systems. For the general concept, see Bootstrapping. For other uses, see Booting (disambiguation). In computing, booting (also known as booting up) is a process that begins when a user turns on a… …
8Operating system — Operating systems …
9OS-9 — For the Macintosh operating system, see Mac OS 9. OS 9 Company / developer Microware (now owned by RadiSys Corporation) Programmed in C, Assembly language OS family Unix like Working state Current …
10History of operating systems — The history of computer operating systems recapitulates to a degree the recent history of computer hardware. Operating systems (OSes) provide a set of functions needed and used by most application programs on a computer, and the linkages needed… …
