Review 7-8 & 12-13

The _____ contains logic for performing a communication function between the peripheral and the bus.

• I/O Channel

• I/O Module

• I/O Processor

• I/O Command

The most common means of computer/user interaction is a ______.

• keyboard/monitor

• mouse/printer

• modem/printer

• monitor/printer

The I/O function includes a _____ requirement to coordinate the flow of traffic between internal resources and external devices.

• cycle

• status reporting

• control and timing

• data

An I/O module that takes on most of the detailed processing burden, presenting a high-level interface to the processor, is usually referred to as an ______.

• I/O channel

• I/O command

• I/O controller

• device controller

An I/O module that is quite primitive and requires detailed control is usually referred to as an _____.

• I/O command

• I/O controller

• I/O channel

• I/O processor

The _____ command causes the I/O module to take an item of data from the data bus and subsequently transmit that data item to the peripheral.

• control

• test

• read

• write

The _____ command is used to activate a peripheral and tell it what to do.

• control

• test

• read

• write

_____ is when the DMA module must force the processor to suspend operation temporarily.

• interrupt

• Thunderbolt

• cycle stealing

• lock down

The 8237 DMA is known as a _____ DMA controller.

• command

• cycle stealing

• interrupt

• fly-by

_____ is a digital display interface standard now widely adopted for computer monitors, laptop displays, and other graphics and video interfaces.

• DisplayPort

• PCI Express

• Thunderbolt

• InfiniBand