Unit 4: Personal Computer Hardware(Vocabulary)

Definition: A high-speed point-to-point channel for attaching a video card to a computer's motherboard, primarily to assist in the acceleration of 3D computer graphics. Which is the correct term?

• Accelerated Graphics Port (AGP)
• accelerator
• accumulator
• address
• address space

Definition: A microprocessor, ASIC, or expansion card designed to offload a specific task from the CPU, often containing fixed function hardware. A common example is a graphics processing unit. Which is the correct term?

• accelerator
• accumulator
• address
• address space
• AI accelerator

Definition: A register in a CPU in which intermediate arithmetic and logic results are stored. Which is the correct term?

• accumulator
• address
• address space
• AI accelerator
• Blu-ray Disc (BD)

Definition: The unique integer number that specifies a memory location in an address space. Which is the correct term?

• address
• address space
• AI accelerator
• Blu-ray Disc (BD)
• bus

Definition: A mapping of logical addresses into physical memory or other memory-mapped devices. Which is the correct term?

• address space
• AI accelerator
• Blu-ray Disc (BD)
• bus
• cache

Definition: An accelerator aimed at running artificial neural networks or other machine learning and machine vision algorithms (either training or deployment), e.g. Movidius Myriad 2, TrueNorth, tensor processing unit, etc. Which is the correct term?

• AI accelerator
• Blu-ray Disc (BD)
• bus
• cache
• cache hit

Definition: An optical disc storage medium designed to supersede the DVD format. Which is the correct term?

• Blu-ray Disc (BD)
• bus
• cache
• cache hit
• channel I/O

Definition: A subsystem that transfers data between computer components inside a computer or between computers. Which is the correct term?

• bus
• cache
• cache hit
• channel I/O
• computer case

Definition: A small, fast local memory that transparently buffers access to a larger but slower or more distant/higher latency memory or storage device, organised into cache lines. Automatically translates accesses to the underlying resources address space to locations in the cache. Which is the correct term?

• cache
• cache hit
• channel I/O
• computer case
• computer fan

Definition: Finding data in a local cache, preventing the need to search for that resource in a more distant location (or to repeat a calculation). Which is the correct term?

• cache hit
• channel I/O
• computer case
• computer fan
• computer form factor