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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.
