Addressing mode — Addressing modes are an aspect of the instruction set architecture in most central processing unit (CPU) designs. The various addressing modes that are defined in a given instruction set architecture define how machine language instructions in… … Wikipedia
Memory-mapped I/O — For more generic meanings of input/output port, see Computer port (hardware). MMIO redirects here. For the airport serving Saltillo, Mexico, assigned the ICAO code MMIO, see Plan de Guadalupe International Airport. Memory mapped I/O (MMIO) and… … Wikipedia
Memory protection — is a way to control memory access rights on a computer, and is a part of most modern operating systems. The main purpose of memory protection is to prevent a process from accessing memory that has not been allocated to it. This prevents a bug… … Wikipedia
Memory segmentation — is the division of computer memory into segments or sections. Segments or sections are also used in object files of compiled programs when they are linked together into a program image, or the image is loaded into memory. In a computer system… … Wikipedia
Memory address — A digital computer s memory, more specifically main memory, consists of many memory locations, each having a memory address, a number, analogous to a street address, at which computer programs store (except when the address is in mask ROM) and… … Wikipedia
Memory geometry — In the design of modern personal computers, memory geometry describes the internal structure of random access memory. Memory geometry is of concern to consumers upgrading their computers, since older memory controllers may not be compatible with… … Wikipedia
Memory management unit — This 68451 MMU could be used with the Motorola 68010 A memory management unit (MMU), sometimes called paged memory management unit (PMMU), is a computer hardware component responsible for handling accesses to memory requested by the CPU. Its… … Wikipedia
Memory-mapped file — A memory mapped file is a segment of virtual memory which has been assigned a direct byte for byte correlation with some portion of a file or file like resource. This resource is typically a file that is physically present on disk, but can also… … Wikipedia
addressing — n. method of accessing network resources (Computers) ad·dress || É™ dres n. location; description of a location; (Computers) number specifying a location in a computers s memory or on a disk; (Computers) unique name or code identifying each… … English contemporary dictionary
Capability-based addressing — In computer science, capability based addressing is a scheme used by some computers to control access to memory. Under a capability based addressing scheme, pointers are replaced by protected objects (called capabilities) that can only be created … Wikipedia