Terms to Know

• asymmetric multiprocessing (ASMP)
• Basic Input/Output (BIOS)
• bit
• bus architecture
• Complex Instruction Set Computing (CISC)
• central processing unit (CPU)
• expansion card
• gigahertz (GHz)
• Hardware Compatibility List (HCL)
• input/output (I/O) devices
• megabytes per second (MBps)
• megahertz (MHz)
• microcode
• millions of instructions per second (MIPS)
• Multimedia Extension (MMX)
• motherboard
• network interface card (NIC)
• non-uniform memory access (NUMA) multiprocessing
• parity
• peripheral Component Interconnect (PCI)
• pipeline
• power-on self-test (POST)
• random access memory (RAM)
• Reduced Instruction Set Computing (RISC)
• read-only memory (ROM)
• single-edge cartridge (SEC)
• symmetric multiprocessing (SMP)
• Silicon-on-Insulator (SOI)
• transistor

Review Questions