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DRAM
Dynamic Ram used for main system memory, providing a moderately fast but cheap
storage solution.
Enhanced Floating Point and Multimedia Unit
Part of the Pentium® 4 processor's Intel® NetBurst® micro-architecture. An
expanded 128-bit floating point register and an additional register for data movement
improves performance on floating-point and multimedia applications.
Execution Trace Cache (Level 1 Execution Trace Cache)
Part of the Pentium® 4 processor's Intel® NetBurst® micro-architecture. In addition
to the 8 KB data cache, the Pentium 4 processor includes an Execution Trace Cache
that stores up to 12 K decoded micro-ops in the order of program execution. This
increases performance by removing the decoder from the main execution loop and
makes more efficient usage of the cache storage space since instructions that are
branched around are not stored. As a result, a high volume of instructions are
delivered to the processor's execution units and the overall time required to recover
from erroneous branch predictions is decreased.
FDC
Floppy Disk Controller - the interface for connecting floppy disk drives to the
computer.
Hercules
A monochrome graphics video mode which first appeared in the Hercules graphics
card. Provides a resolution of 720 by 348 pixels.
Hyper-Pipelined Technology
Part of the Pentium® 4 processor's Intel® NetBurst® micro-architecture. Hyper-
pipelined technology doubles the pipeline depth of the Pentium® III processor's P6
micro-architecture, increasing the branch prediction and recovery pipeline to 20
stages. The deeper pipeline enables instructions to be queued and executed at the
fastest-possible rate, increasing performance, frequency, and scalability.
IDE
Integrated Drive Electronics - currently the most popular type of interface for hard
disk drives. Much of the circuitry previously required on hard disk controller cards is
now integrated on the hard disk itself.
Interface
The electronics providing a connection between two pieces of equipment. For
example, a printer interface connects a computer to a printer.
Interlace
The mode the graphics card uses to refresh a monitor screen. When the graphics is
in interlace mode, the frequency of the display update is lower than in non-interlace
mode. This causes a slight flicker, so generally non-interlaced mode is better if the
monitor supports it.
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