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TLA Three Letter Acronym
ETLAExtended Three Letter Acronym
FPFloating Point
FPFrame Pointer
SPStack Pointer
ALUArithmetic-Logic Unit
FPUFloating Point Unit
HDDHard Disk Drive
FDDFloppy Disk Drive
RAMRandom Access Memory
DRAMDynamic RAM
SDRAMSynchronous DRAM
SRAMStatic RAM
SIMMSingle Inline? Memory Module
DIMMDual Inline? Memory Module
CASColumn Address Select
RASRow Address Select
WBWrite-Back
WTWrite-Thru
IFInstruction Fetch
IDInstruction Decode
IOInput-Output
ISAInstruction Set Architechture
CISCComplex Instruction Set Computer
RISCReduced Instruction Set Computer
VLIWVery Long Instruction Word
VMVirtual Memory
VMVirtual Machine
TLBTransition Lookahead (Lookaside) Buffer
SIMDSingle Instruction Multiple Data
FLOPSFloating Point Operations Per Second
MIPSMillions of instructions Per Second
MIPSMeaningless Indicator of Processor Speed

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NimiMistä tulee
AGPAccelerated Graphics Port
ARMAdvanced RISC Machines
IDEIntegrated Drive Electronics
ISAIndustry Standard Architechture
MCAMicro Channel Architechture
MIPSMicroprocessor without Interlocked Pipeline Stages
PA-RISCPrecision Architecture RISC
PCIPeripheral Controls? Interface (Peripheral Component Interconnect)
SCSISmall Computer Systems Interface
SPECStandard Performance Evaluation Corporation
USBUniversal Serial Bus
SPARCScalable Processor ARChitechture (Scalable Processor Architecture RISC Computer)
SSEStreaming SIMD Extensions
MMXMultiMedia eXtensions(?)

Heikki Kultala
Tue Nov 13 13:36:05 EET 2001