EE 306 Fall 2002 Buzzwords
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This list is not necessarily complete! But it does contain
many key words that you should understand.  
Peruse the list.  If you find something you don't understand,
see a TA or Dr. Patt.

Good luck on the final!
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Abstraction level - transistor switch
algorithms
machine language
ISA
microarchitecture
codes
binary digits
ASCII
binary addition
positional notation
unary
bit vector containing information
Instruction (red light example)
decimal to binary conversion
tertiary digits (less bits more info)
k bits 2^k symbols
positive and negative numbers (-2^15 to 2^15 - 1)
most significant bit
twos compliment number

universal turing machines
bit vector
sign magnitude
1's cpmplement
overflow
sign extension
zero extension
MSB is always the sign bit

radix
carriage return
significant digits
exponent
normalized
data types
bit vector
logical variable
boolean variable
NOT INVERT COMPLEMENT
truth table
ANY function and ALL function

Three element device
close circuit
open circuit
gate
amplification
buffer
NOT NAND NOR
DeMorgan's
mux
asserted output

domain
ramge
logically complete
PLA
OR array
AND array
non vacous inputs
combinational logic
quiscent state
set
reset/clear
write enable
store enable
Gated RS Latch
Gated D Latch

Register
1 bit register NZP
addressability
address space
wordline
bitline
address decoder
sequential circuit
"state" of the system - snapshot
finite state machine
state diagram
state table

master slave
cycle 
rise time
moore machine
one "word"
IP /PC
Fetch
IR

field
literal
addressing mode
machine cycle
immediate mode
constant
invariant
data movement
operate
steering bit

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bugs
debugging
single-step
breakpoint
structured programming
systematic decomposition
sequential construct
iterative construct
conditional construct
stepwise refinement
branch
condition codes
service routines
halt the computer
crystal oscillator
assembly language
label
opcode
operands
comment
executable image
pseudo ops
2 pass assembler
symbol table
KBDR/KBSR
CRTDR/CRTSR
spinning
special I/O
memory mapped I/O
asynchronous
polling
interrupt driven I/O
ready bit
interrupt enable bit
trojan horse
subroutine (function) call
RET
caller
callee
linkage
link bit (for JSR/JMP, JSRR/JMPR)
stack - LIFO
queue - FIFO
push
pop/pull
overflow
underflow
hardware stack
stack pointer
interrupt vector
priority
RTI