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Main Memory - The only storage that the CPU can directly access. Registers - Single words of memory that the CPU can do arithmetic and logic in. Base Register - Used to hold the lowest memory address a processor can access. Limit Register - Used to hold the size of the range a process can access....

Frame - In paging, physical memory is divided into a number of equal sized blocks. Each of these is referred to as a _________. Hit Ratio - The percentage of time that the desired information is found in the TLB Hot Stand By Mode - A computer that is monitoring other computers that are actively e...

process - A program in execution program - A passive executable file stored on disk. Becomes process when executable file is loaded into memory. One of these can be several processes progress - If no process is executing in its critical section and some processes wish to enter their critical sec...

what are the components that make up a von neumann machine? - •Stored Programs •CPU with Control Unit and Arithmetic/Logic Unit •Memory •Input and Output Architectural Variants (different types of systems) --Single-Processor Systems (1.3.1) -Multiprocessor Systems (1.3.2) -Clustered s...

Algorithm - set of instructions with finite initial store and state, a starting point, and unambiguous ordering until the endpoint Process (general definition) - a program in execution = program + state Program - sequence of instructions that embody an algorithm Job - a task to be completed Wh...

______ is a part of a process that has ______ - Thread; It's own execution history( can't have without a stack) Program Counter Stack Every process has ______ threads and every thread ____ - one or more threads; belongs to exactly one process Elements that are unique to a process but not a t...

What pieces of hardware are in the CPU? - Registers, ALU, and control unit Hardware which serves as the CPUs memory. There are special and general purposed of these - Registers Hardware which does arithmetic and logical computations - ALU Hardware which tracks state/status. Also controls other c...