DEC Alpha, the Glossary
Alpha (original name Alpha AXP) is a 64-bit reduced instruction set computer (RISC) instruction set architecture (ISA) developed by Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC).[1]
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154 relations: Advanced Simulation and Computing Program, Alpha 21064, Alpha 21164, Alpha 21264, Alpha 21364, Alpha 21464, Alpha and Omega, AlphaServer, AlphaStation, Arithmetic shift, ARM architecture family, Berkeley Software Distribution, Bit numbering, Bitwise operation, Byte, CMOS, Compaq, Complex instruction set computer, Control flow, CPU cache, Cray, Cray T3D, Cray T3E, CVAX, Data (computer science), Debian, DEC 3000 AXP, DEC 4000 AXP, DEC 7000 AXP and DEC 10000 AXP, DEC MICA, DEC Multia, DEC PRISM, DECpc AXP 150, Delay slot, Device driver, Die (integrated circuit), Digital Equipment Corporation, Digital Personal Workstation, Due diligence, DVD, Emitter-coupled logic, Exclusive or, Extended Industry Standard Architecture, FLOPS, Framebuffer, FreeBSD, Futurebus, Gentoo Linux, Glowing pickle demonstration, Hewlett-Packard, ... Expand index (104 more) »
- Alpha architecture
- Digital Equipment Corporation
Advanced Simulation and Computing Program
The Advanced Simulation and Computing Program (ASC) is a super-computing program run by the National Nuclear Security Administration, in order to simulate, test, and maintain the United States nuclear stockpile.
See DEC Alpha and Advanced Simulation and Computing Program
Alpha 21064
The Alpha 21064 is a microprocessor developed and fabricated by Digital Equipment Corporation that implemented the Alpha (introduced as the Alpha AXP) instruction set architecture (ISA).
Alpha 21164
The Alpha 21164, also known by its code name, EV5, is a microprocessor developed and fabricated by Digital Equipment Corporation that implemented the Alpha instruction set architecture (ISA).
Alpha 21264
The Alpha 21264 is a RISC microprocessor developed by Digital Equipment Corporation launched on 19 October 1998.
Alpha 21364
The Alpha 21364, code-named "Marvel", also known as EV7 is a microprocessor developed by Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC), later Compaq Computer Corporation, that implemented the Alpha instruction set architecture (ISA).
Alpha 21464
The Alpha 21464 is an unfinished microprocessor that implements the Alpha instruction set architecture (ISA) developed by Digital Equipment Corporation and later by Compaq after it acquired Digital.
Alpha and Omega
Alpha (Α or α) and omega (Ω or ω) are the first and last letters of the Greek alphabet, and a title of Christ and God in the Book of Revelation.
See DEC Alpha and Alpha and Omega
AlphaServer
AlphaServer is a series of server computers, produced from 1994 onwards by Digital Equipment Corporation, and later by Compaq and HP.
AlphaStation
AlphaStation is the name given to a series of computer workstations, produced from 1994 onwards by Digital Equipment Corporation, and later by Compaq and HP.
See DEC Alpha and AlphaStation
Arithmetic shift
In computer programming, an arithmetic shift is a shift operator, sometimes termed a signed shift (though it is not restricted to signed operands).
See DEC Alpha and Arithmetic shift
ARM architecture family
ARM (stylised in lowercase as arm, formerly an acronym for Advanced RISC Machines and originally Acorn RISC Machine) is a family of RISC instruction set architectures (ISAs) for computer processors.
See DEC Alpha and ARM architecture family
Berkeley Software Distribution
The Berkeley Software Distribution or Berkeley Standard Distribution (BSD) is a discontinued operating system based on Research Unix, developed and distributed by the Computer Systems Research Group (CSRG) at the University of California, Berkeley.
See DEC Alpha and Berkeley Software Distribution
Bit numbering
In computing, bit numbering is the convention used to identify the bit positions in a binary number.
See DEC Alpha and Bit numbering
Bitwise operation
In computer programming, a bitwise operation operates on a bit string, a bit array or a binary numeral (considered as a bit string) at the level of its individual bits.
See DEC Alpha and Bitwise operation
Byte
The byte is a unit of digital information that most commonly consists of eight bits.
CMOS
Complementary metal–oxide–semiconductor (CMOS, pronounced "sea-moss") is a type of metal–oxide–semiconductor field-effect transistor (MOSFET) fabrication process that uses complementary and symmetrical pairs of p-type and n-type MOSFETs for logic functions.
Compaq
Compaq Computer Corporation (sometimes abbreviated to CQ prior to the 2007 rebranding) was an American information technology company founded in 1982 that developed, sold, and supported computers and related products and services.
Complex instruction set computer
A complex instruction set computer (CISC) is a computer architecture in which single instructions can execute several low-level operations (such as a load from memory, an arithmetic operation, and a memory store) or are capable of multi-step operations or addressing modes within single instructions.
See DEC Alpha and Complex instruction set computer
Control flow
In computer science, control flow (or flow of control) is the order in which individual statements, instructions or function calls of an imperative program are executed or evaluated.
See DEC Alpha and Control flow
CPU cache
A CPU cache is a hardware cache used by the central processing unit (CPU) of a computer to reduce the average cost (time or energy) to access data from the main memory.
Cray
Cray Inc., a subsidiary of Hewlett Packard Enterprise, is an American supercomputer manufacturer headquartered in Seattle, Washington.
Cray T3D
The T3D (Torus, 3-Dimensional) was Cray Research's first attempt at a massively parallel supercomputer architecture.
Cray T3E
The Cray T3E was Cray Research's second-generation massively parallel supercomputer architecture, launched in late November 1995.
CVAX
The CVAX is a microprocessor chipset developed and fabricated by Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC) that implemented the VAX instruction set architecture (ISA).
Data (computer science)
In computer science, data (treated as singular, plural, or as a mass noun) is any sequence of one or more symbols; datum is a single symbol of data.
See DEC Alpha and Data (computer science)
Debian
Debian, also known as Debian GNU/Linux, is a Linux distribution composed of free and open-source software and optionally non-free firmware or software developed by the community-supported Debian Project, which was established by Ian Murdock on August 16, 1993.
DEC 3000 AXP
DEC 3000 AXP was the name given to a series of computer workstations and servers, produced from 1992 to around 1995 by Digital Equipment Corporation.
See DEC Alpha and DEC 3000 AXP
DEC 4000 AXP
The DEC 4000 AXP is a series of departmental server computers developed and manufactured by Digital Equipment Corporation introduced on 10 November 1992.
See DEC Alpha and DEC 4000 AXP
DEC 7000 AXP and DEC 10000 AXP
The DEC 7000 AXP and DEC 10000 AXP are a series of high-end multiprocessor server computers developed and manufactured by Digital Equipment Corporation, introduced on 10 November 1992 (although the DEC 10000 AXP was not available until the following year).
See DEC Alpha and DEC 7000 AXP and DEC 10000 AXP
DEC MICA
MICA was the codename of the operating system developed for the DEC PRISM architecture. DEC Alpha and DEC MICA are digital Equipment Corporation.
DEC Multia
The Multia, later re-branded the Universal Desktop Box, was a line of desktop computers introduced by Digital Equipment Corporation on 7 November 1994.
DEC PRISM
PRISM (Parallel Reduced Instruction Set Machine) was a 32-bit RISC instruction set architecture (ISA) developed by Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC).
DECpc AXP 150
The DECpc AXP 150, code-named Jensen, is an entry-level workstation developed and manufactured by Digital Equipment Corporation.
See DEC Alpha and DECpc AXP 150
Delay slot
In computer architecture, a delay slot is an instruction slot being executed without the effects of a preceding instruction.
Device driver
In the context of an operating system, a device driver is a computer program that operates or controls a particular type of device that is attached to a computer or automaton.
See DEC Alpha and Device driver
Die (integrated circuit)
A die, in the context of integrated circuits, is a small block of semiconducting material on which a given functional circuit is fabricated.
See DEC Alpha and Die (integrated circuit)
Digital Equipment Corporation
Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC), using the trademark Digital, was a major American company in the computer industry from the 1960s to the 1990s.
See DEC Alpha and Digital Equipment Corporation
Digital Personal Workstation
The Digital Personal Workstation, code named "sports car", is a family of entry-level to mid-range workstation computers developed and manufactured by Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC).
See DEC Alpha and Digital Personal Workstation
Due diligence
Due diligence is the investigation or exercise of care that a reasonable business or person is normally expected to take before entering into an agreement or contract with another party or an act with a certain standard of care.
See DEC Alpha and Due diligence
DVD
The DVD (common abbreviation for digital video disc or digital versatile disc) is a digital optical disc data storage format.
Emitter-coupled logic
In electronics, emitter-coupled logic (ECL) is a high-speed integrated circuit bipolar transistor logic family.
See DEC Alpha and Emitter-coupled logic
Exclusive or
Exclusive or, exclusive disjunction, exclusive alternation, logical non-equivalence, or logical inequality is a logical operator whose negation is the logical biconditional.
See DEC Alpha and Exclusive or
Extended Industry Standard Architecture
The Extended Industry Standard Architecture (in practice almost always shortened to EISA and frequently pronounced "eee-suh") is a bus standard for IBM PC compatible computers.
See DEC Alpha and Extended Industry Standard Architecture
FLOPS
Floating point operations per second (FLOPS, flops or flop/s) is a measure of computer performance in computing, useful in fields of scientific computations that require floating-point calculations.
Framebuffer
A framebuffer (frame buffer, or sometimes framestore) is a portion of random-access memory (RAM) containing a bitmap that drives a video display.
FreeBSD
FreeBSD is a free and open-source Unix-like operating system descended from the Berkeley Software Distribution (BSD).
Futurebus
Futurebus, or IEEE 896, is a computer bus standard, intended to replace all local bus connections in a computer, including the CPU, memory, plug-in cards and even, to some extent, LAN links between machines.
Gentoo Linux
Gentoo Linux (pronounced) is a Linux distribution built using the Portage package management system.
See DEC Alpha and Gentoo Linux
Glowing pickle demonstration
Applying line voltage across a pickled cucumber causes it to glow.
See DEC Alpha and Glowing pickle demonstration
Hewlett-Packard
The Hewlett-Packard Company, commonly shortened to Hewlett-Packard or HP, was an American multinational information technology company headquartered in Palo Alto, California.
See DEC Alpha and Hewlett-Packard
HP 9000
HP 9000 is a line of workstation and server computer systems produced by the Hewlett-Packard (HP) Company.
IEEE 754
The IEEE Standard for Floating-Point Arithmetic (IEEE 754) is a technical standard for floating-point arithmetic established in 1985 by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE).
IEEE Spectrum
IEEE Spectrum is a magazine edited by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers.
See DEC Alpha and IEEE Spectrum
Instruction pipelining
In computer engineering, instruction pipelining is a technique for implementing instruction-level parallelism within a single processor.
See DEC Alpha and Instruction pipelining
Instruction set architecture
In computer science, an instruction set architecture (ISA) is an abstract model that generally defines how software controls the CPU in a computer or a family of computers.
See DEC Alpha and Instruction set architecture
Integer (computer science)
In computer science, an integer is a datum of integral data type, a data type that represents some range of mathematical integers.
See DEC Alpha and Integer (computer science)
Intel
Intel Corporation is an American multinational corporation and technology company headquartered in Santa Clara, California, and incorporated in Delaware.
Intellectual property
Intellectual property (IP) is a category of property that includes intangible creations of the human intellect.
See DEC Alpha and Intellectual property
Interrupt
In digital computers, an interrupt (sometimes referred to as a trap) is a request for the processor to interrupt currently executing code (when permitted), so that the event can be processed in a timely manner.
Itanium
Itanium is a discontinued family of 64-bit Intel microprocessors that implement the Intel Itanium architecture (formerly called IA-64).
Ken Olsen
Kenneth Harry Olsen (February 20, 1926 – February 6, 2011) was an American engineer who co-founded Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC) in 1957 with colleague Harlan Anderson and his brother Stan Olsen.
Kernel (operating system)
The kernel is a computer program at the core of a computer's operating system and generally has complete control over everything in the system.
See DEC Alpha and Kernel (operating system)
L4 microkernel family
L4 is a family of second-generation microkernels, used to implement a variety of types of operating systems (OS), though mostly for Unix-like, Portable Operating System Interface (POSIX) compliant types.
See DEC Alpha and L4 microkernel family
Linux
Linux is both an open-source Unix-like kernel and a generic name for a family of open-source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991, by Linus Torvalds.
Load–store architecture
In computer engineering, a load–store architecture (or a register–register architecture) is an instruction set architecture that divides instructions into two categories: memory access (load and store between memory and registers) and ALU operations (which only occur between registers).
See DEC Alpha and Load–store architecture
Logical conjunction
In logic, mathematics and linguistics, and (\wedge) is the truth-functional operator of conjunction or logical conjunction.
See DEC Alpha and Logical conjunction
Logical disjunction
In logic, disjunction, also known as logical disjunction or logical or or logical addition or inclusive disjunction, is a logical connective typically notated as \lor and read aloud as "or".
See DEC Alpha and Logical disjunction
Logical NOR
In Boolean logic, logical NOR, non-disjunction, or joint denial is a truth-functional operator which produces a result that is the negation of logical or.
Logical shift
In computer science, a logical shift is a bitwise operation that shifts all the bits of its operand.
See DEC Alpha and Logical shift
Massively parallel
Massively parallel is the term for using a large number of computer processors (or separate computers) to simultaneously perform a set of coordinated computations in parallel.
See DEC Alpha and Massively parallel
MDMX
The MDMX (MIPS Digital Media eXtension), also known as MaDMaX, is an extension to the MIPS architecture released in October 1996 at the Microprocessor Forum.
Memory controller
A memory controller, also known as memory chip controller (MCC) or a memory controller unit (MCU), is a digital circuit that manages the flow of data going to and from a computer's main memory.
See DEC Alpha and Memory controller
Microprocessor
A microprocessor is a computer processor for which the data processing logic and control is included on a single integrated circuit (IC), or a small number of ICs.
See DEC Alpha and Microprocessor
Microprocessor Report
Microprocessor Report is a newsletter covering the microprocessor industry.
See DEC Alpha and Microprocessor Report
MIPS architecture
MIPS (Microprocessor without Interlocked Pipelined Stages) is a family of reduced instruction set computer (RISC) instruction set architectures (ISA)Price, Charles (September 1995).
See DEC Alpha and MIPS architecture
Motherboard
A motherboard (also called mainboard, main circuit board, MB, base board, system board, or, in Apple computers, logic board) is the main printed circuit board (PCB) in general-purpose computers and other expandable systems.
Motorola 68020
The Motorola 68020 is a 32-bit microprocessor from Motorola, released in 1984.
See DEC Alpha and Motorola 68020
MPEG-2
MPEG-2 (a.k.a. H.222/H.262 as was defined by the ITU) is a standard for "the generic coding of moving pictures and associated audio information".
Multi-core processor
A multi-core processor is a microprocessor on a single integrated circuit with two or more separate processing units, called cores (for example, dual-core or quad-core), each of which reads and executes program instructions.
See DEC Alpha and Multi-core processor
The Multimedia Acceleration eXtensions or MAX are instruction set extensions to the Hewlett-Packard PA-RISC instruction set architecture (ISA).
See DEC Alpha and Multimedia Acceleration eXtensions
Multiprocessing
Multiprocessing is the use of two or more central processing units (CPUs) within a single computer system.
See DEC Alpha and Multiprocessing
NetApp
NetApp, Inc. is an American data infrastructure company that provides unified data storage, integrated data services, and cloud operations (CloudOps) solutions to enterprise customers.
NetBSD
NetBSD is a free and open-source Unix-like operating system based on the Berkeley Software Distribution (BSD).
Network-attached storage
Network-attached storage (NAS) is a file-level (as opposed to block-level storage) computer data storage server connected to a computer network providing data access to a heterogeneous group of clients.
See DEC Alpha and Network-attached storage
NVAX
The NVAX is a CMOS microprocessor developed and produced by Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC) that implemented the VAX instruction set architecture (ISA).
OpenBSD
OpenBSD is a security-focused, free and open-source, Unix-like operating system based on the Berkeley Software Distribution (BSD).
OpenVMS
OpenVMS, often referred to as just VMS, is a multi-user, multiprocessing and virtual memory-based operating system. DEC Alpha and OpenVMS are digital Equipment Corporation.
Operating system
An operating system (OS) is system software that manages computer hardware and software resources, and provides common services for computer programs.
See DEC Alpha and Operating system
Original equipment manufacturer
An original equipment manufacturer (OEM) is generally perceived as a company that produces parts and equipment that may be marketed by another manufacturer.
See DEC Alpha and Original equipment manufacturer
Out-of-order execution
In computer engineering, out-of-order execution (or more formally dynamic execution) is a paradigm used in high-performance central processing units to make use of instruction cycles that would otherwise be wasted.
See DEC Alpha and Out-of-order execution
PA-8000
The PA-8000 (PCX-U), code-named Onyx, is a microprocessor developed and fabricated by Hewlett-Packard (HP) that implemented the PA-RISC 2.0 instruction set architecture (ISA).
PA-RISC
Precision Architecture RISC (PA-RISC) or Hewlett Packard Precision Architecture (HP/PA or simply HPPA), is a general purpose computer instruction set architecture (ISA) developed by Hewlett-Packard from the 1980s until the 2000s.
PALcode
PALcode (Privileged Architecture Library code) is the name used by DEC in the Alpha instruction set architecture (ISA) for a set of functions in the System Reference Manual (SRM) or AlphaBIOS firmware, providing a hardware abstraction layer for system software, covering features such as cache management, translation lookaside buffer (TLB) miss handling, interrupt handling, and exception handling.
Portable Document Format (PDF), standardized as ISO 32000, is a file format developed by Adobe in 1992 to present documents, including text formatting and images, in a manner independent of application software, hardware, and operating systems.
Pentium (original)
The Pentium (also referred to as the i586) is a x86 microprocessor introduced by Intel on March 22, 1993.
See DEC Alpha and Pentium (original)
Pentium II
The Pentium II brand refers to Intel's sixth-generation microarchitecture ("P6") and x86-compatible microprocessors introduced on May 7, 1997.
Pentium III
The Pentium III (marketed as Intel Pentium III Processor and Pentium !!!, informally PIII or P3) brand refers to Intel's 32-bit x86 desktop and mobile CPUs based on the sixth-generation P6 microarchitecture introduced on February 28, 1999.
Pentium Pro
The Pentium Pro is a sixth-generation x86 microprocessor developed and manufactured by Intel and introduced on November 1, 1995.
Peripheral Component Interconnect
Peripheral Component Interconnect (PCI) is a local computer bus for attaching hardware devices in a computer and is part of the PCI Local Bus standard.
See DEC Alpha and Peripheral Component Interconnect
Personal computer
A personal computer, often referred to as a PC, is a computer designed for individual use.
See DEC Alpha and Personal computer
Plan 9 from Bell Labs
Plan 9 from Bell Labs is a distributed operating system which originated from the Computing Science Research Center (CSRC) at Bell Labs in the mid-1980s and built on UNIX concepts first developed there in the late 1960s.
See DEC Alpha and Plan 9 from Bell Labs
Pocket PC
A Pocket PC (P/PC, PPC) is a class of personal digital assistant (PDA) that runs the Windows Mobile or Windows Embedded Compact operating system that has some of the abilities of modern desktop PCs.
Predication (computer architecture)
In computer architecture, predication is a feature that provides an alternative to conditional transfer of control, as implemented by conditional branch machine instructions.
See DEC Alpha and Predication (computer architecture)
Processor register
A processor register is a quickly accessible location available to a computer's processor.
See DEC Alpha and Processor register
Program counter
The program counter (PC), commonly called the instruction pointer (IP) in Intel x86 and Itanium microprocessors, and sometimes called the instruction address register (IAR), the instruction counter, or just part of the instruction sequencer, is a processor register that indicates where a computer is in its program sequence.
See DEC Alpha and Program counter
PS/2 port
The PS/2 port is a 6-pin mini-DIN connector used for connecting keyboards and mice to a PC compatible computer system.
R2000 microprocessor
The R2000 is a 32-bit microprocessor chip set developed by MIPS Computer Systems that implemented the MIPS I instruction set architecture (ISA).
See DEC Alpha and R2000 microprocessor
Red Hat Linux
Red Hat Linux was a widely used commercial open-source Linux distribution created by Red Hat until its discontinuation in 2004.
See DEC Alpha and Red Hat Linux
Reduced instruction set computer
In electronics and computer science, a reduced instruction set computer (RISC) is a computer architecture designed to simplify the individual instructions given to the computer to accomplish tasks.
See DEC Alpha and Reduced instruction set computer
Samsung Electronics
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. (sometimes shortened to SEC and stylized as SΛMSUNG) is a South Korean multinational major appliance and consumer electronics corporation headquartered in Yeongtong-gu, Suwon, South Korea. It is currently the pinnacle of the Samsung chaebol, accounting for 70% of the group's revenue in 2012.
See DEC Alpha and Samsung Electronics
Semiconductor device fabrication
Semiconductor device fabrication is the process used to manufacture semiconductor devices, typically integrated circuits (ICs) such as computer processors, microcontrollers, and memory chips (such as NAND flash and DRAM).
See DEC Alpha and Semiconductor device fabrication
Sheffer stroke
In Boolean functions and propositional calculus, the Sheffer stroke denotes a logical operation that is equivalent to the negation of the conjunction operation, expressed in ordinary language as "not both".
See DEC Alpha and Sheffer stroke
Simultaneous multithreading
Simultaneous multithreading (SMT) is a technique for improving the overall efficiency of superscalar CPUs with hardware multithreading.
See DEC Alpha and Simultaneous multithreading
Single instruction, multiple data
Single instruction, multiple data (SIMD) is a type of parallel processing in Flynn's taxonomy.
See DEC Alpha and Single instruction, multiple data
Single-board computer
A single-board computer (SBC) is a complete computer built on a single circuit board, with microprocessor(s), memory, input/output (I/O) and other features required of a functional computer.
See DEC Alpha and Single-board computer
Software release life cycle
The software release life cycle is the process of developing, testing, and distributing a software product (e.g., an operating system).
See DEC Alpha and Software release life cycle
SPARC
SPARC (Scalable Processor ARChitecture) is a reduced instruction set computer (RISC) instruction set architecture originally developed by Sun Microsystems.
SPECint
SPEC INT is a computer benchmark specification for CPU integer processing power.
Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation
The Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation (SPEC) is a non-profit consortium that establishes and maintains standardized benchmarks and performance evaluation tools for new generations of computing systems.
See DEC Alpha and Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation
Status register
A status register, flag register, or condition code register (CCR) is a collection of status flag bits for a processor.
See DEC Alpha and Status register
StrongARM
The StrongARM is a family of computer microprocessors developed by Digital Equipment Corporation and manufactured in the late 1990s which implemented the ARM v4 instruction set architecture.
Sun Microsystems
Sun Microsystems, Inc. (Sun for short) was an American technology company that sold computers, computer components, software, and information technology services and created the Java programming language, the Solaris operating system, ZFS, the Network File System (NFS), and SPARC microprocessors.
See DEC Alpha and Sun Microsystems
Sun-3
Sun-3 is a series of UNIX computer workstations and servers produced by Sun Microsystems, launched on September 9, 1985.
Sun-4
Sun-4 is a series of Unix workstations and servers produced by Sun Microsystems, launched in 1987.
Sunway (processor)
Sunway, or ShenWei,, is a series of computer microprocessors, developed by Jiangnan Computing Lab (江南计算技术研究所) in Wuxi, China.
See DEC Alpha and Sunway (processor)
Sunway SW26010
The SW26010 is a 260-core manycore processor designed by the Shanghai Integrated Circuit Technology and Industry Promotion Center (ICC for short)(Chinese: 上海集成电路技术与产业促进中心 (简称ICC)).
See DEC Alpha and Sunway SW26010
Superscalar processor
A superscalar processor (or multiple-issue processor) is a CPU that implements a form of parallelism called instruction-level parallelism within a single processor.
See DEC Alpha and Superscalar processor
SUSE Linux
SUSE Linux is a computer operating system developed by SUSE.
Transaction processing
In computer science, transaction processing is information processing that is divided into individual, indivisible operations called transactions.
See DEC Alpha and Transaction processing
Translation lookaside buffer
A translation lookaside buffer (TLB) is a memory cache that stores the recent translations of virtual memory to physical memory.
See DEC Alpha and Translation lookaside buffer
Tru64 UNIX
Tru64 UNIX is a discontinued 64-bit UNIX operating system for the Alpha instruction set architecture (ISA), currently owned by Hewlett-Packard (HP).
TURBOchannel
TURBOchannel is an open computer bus developed by DEC by during the late 1980s and early 1990s.
See DEC Alpha and TURBOchannel
Ultrix
Ultrix (officially all-caps ULTRIX) is the brand name of Digital Equipment Corporation's (DEC) discontinued native Unix operating systems for the PDP-11, VAX, MicroVAX and DECstations.
VAX
VAX (an acronym for Virtual Address eXtension) is a series of computers featuring a 32-bit instruction set architecture (ISA) and virtual memory that was developed and sold by Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC) in the late 20th century.
VAX 4000
The VAX 4000 is a discontinued family of low-end superminicomputers developed and manufactured by Digital Equipment Corporation (later Compaq) using microprocessors implementing the VAX instruction set architecture (ISA).
Vector processor
In computing, a vector processor or array processor is a central processing unit (CPU) that implements an instruction set where its instructions are designed to operate efficiently and effectively on large one-dimensional arrays of data called vectors.
See DEC Alpha and Vector processor
Video Graphics Array
Video Graphics Array (VGA) is a video display controller and accompanying de facto graphics standard, first introduced with the IBM PS/2 line of computers in 1987, which became ubiquitous in the IBM PC compatible industry within three years.
See DEC Alpha and Video Graphics Array
Virtual address space
In computing, a virtual address space (VAS) or address space is the set of ranges of virtual addresses that an operating system makes available to a process.
See DEC Alpha and Virtual address space
Visual Instruction Set
Visual Instruction Set, or VIS, is a SIMD instruction set extension for SPARC V9 microprocessors developed by Sun Microsystems.
See DEC Alpha and Visual Instruction Set
Vlasic Pickles
Vlasic is an American brand of pickles that is currently owned by Conagra Brands.
See DEC Alpha and Vlasic Pickles
VMEbus
VMEbus (Versa Module Eurocard bus) is a computer bus standard physically based on Eurocard sizes.
Windows 2000
Windows 2000 is a major release of the Windows NT operating system developed by Microsoft and oriented towards businesses.
See DEC Alpha and Windows 2000
Windows NT
Windows NT is a proprietary graphical operating system produced by Microsoft as part of its Windows product line, the first version of which, Windows NT 3.1, was released on July 27, 1993.
Windows NT 4.0
Windows NT 4.0 is a major release of the Windows NT operating system developed by Microsoft and oriented towards businesses.
See DEC Alpha and Windows NT 4.0
Word (computer architecture)
In computing, a word is the natural unit of data used by a particular processor design.
See DEC Alpha and Word (computer architecture)
Workstation
A workstation is a special computer designed for technical or scientific applications.
XNOR gate
The XNOR gate (sometimes ENOR, EXNOR, NXOR, XAND and pronounced as Exclusive NOR) is a digital logic gate whose function is the logical complement of the Exclusive OR (XOR) gate.
XScale
XScale is a microarchitecture for central processing units initially designed by Intel implementing the ARM architecture (version 5) instruction set.
ZDNET
ZDNET is a business technology news website owned and operated by Red Ventures.
128-bit computing
General home computing and gaming utility emerged at 8-bit word sizes, as 28.
See DEC Alpha and 128-bit computing
16-bit computing
16-bit microcomputers are microcomputers that use 16-bit microprocessors.
See DEC Alpha and 16-bit computing
32-bit computing
In computer architecture, 32-bit computing refers to computer systems with a processor, memory, and other major system components that operate on data in 32-bit units.
See DEC Alpha and 32-bit computing
64-bit computing
In computer architecture, 64-bit integers, memory addresses, or other data units are those that are 64 bits wide.
See DEC Alpha and 64-bit computing
8-bit computing
In computer architecture, 8-bit integers or other data units are those that are 8 bits wide (1 octet).
See DEC Alpha and 8-bit computing
See also
Alpha architecture
- DEC Alpha
Digital Equipment Corporation
- AdvFS
- AltaVista
- Assabet Woolen Mill
- BASIC-8
- CPU Wars
- Code page 1287
- Code page 1288
- DEC Alpha
- DEC Hebrew
- DEC MICA
- DEC RADIX 50
- DEC Special Graphics
- DEC Systems Research Center
- DEC Technical Character Set
- DECUS
- DECnet
- DIBOL
- Digital Equipment Corporation
- Digital Federal Credit Union
- Dynamic debugging technique
- FOCAL (programming language)
- FX!32
- HP-Interex
- Hudson Fab
- Local Area Transport
- MACRO-10
- MACRO-11
- MUMPS
- Maintenance Operations Protocol
- Multinational Character Set
- National Replacement Character Set
- On-line Debugging Tool
- OpenVMS
- ReGIS
- Record Management Services
- SRM firmware
- Sixel
- TD/SMP
- The Ultimate Entrepreneur
- VAX MACRO
- VT1000
- WPS-8
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DEC_Alpha
Also known as ALPHA processor, Alpha (microprocessor), Alpha AXP, Alpha CPU, Alpha chip, Digital Alpha, Digital Equipment Corp. vs. Intel, Motion Video Instructions.
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