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Chapter 7 & 8 Keywords
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- 1physicalphysical memory such as RAM
- 2logicalhold info for instruction, such as the address, in physical memory
- 3Segmentationthe logical division of address space into varying length segments which depend on the program structure
- 4interrupta signal from a software program, hardware device or internal clock to the CPU
- 5multi-taskingbecause of interrupts it means that the next process can be triggered on the timer, giving the impression that the processor is processing two instructions at once
- 6Interrupt service routinecalled to deal with the interrupt. A particular routine will be run in order to service it, depending on the type of interrupt
- 7schedulerresponsible for making sure processor time is used as efficiently as possible
- 8time slicea limited amount of CPU time
- 9interval timer(interrupting clock) generates interrupts at specific times
- 10bufferpart of memory where data is transferred so that the CPU can continue with another task
- 11mobile operating systemcombine the features of a PC operating system with their own special features for mobile use
- 12real-time operating systemoperates the radio and other hardware
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- A level Computer Science Flashcards on Chapter 7 & 8 Keywords, created by Oliver Watchorn on 22/09/2022.
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- Oliver Watchorn · Sep 2022
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