Logic circuits

what does CISC stand for

complex instruction set computer

what does RISC stand for

reduced instruction set computer

what is pipelining

allowing several instructions to be processed simultaneously without having to wait for previous instructions to finish

what is parallal processing

operation which allows a process to be slip up and for each part to be executed by a different processor at the same time

what does SISD stand for

single instruction single data

what is SISD

computer architecture which uses a single processor and one data source

what does SIMD stand for

single instruction multple data

what is SIMD

computer architecture which uses many processors and different data inputs

what does MISD stand for

multiple instruction single data

what is MISD

computer architecture which uses many processors but the same shared data source

what does MIMD stand for

multiple instruction multiple data co

what is MIMD

computer architecture which uses many processors, each of which can use a separate data source

what is a cluster

number of computers networked together

what is within a cluster

multple SIMD processors

what is a super computer

a powerful mainframe computer

what are massively parallel computer

the linking together of several computer effectively forming one machine with thousands of of processors

what is half adder circuit

carries out binary additon on two bits giving sum and carry

what is full adder circuit

two half adders combined to allow the sum of several binary bits

what is a combination circuit

circuit in which the output depends entirely on the input values

what is sequenctial circuit

circuit in which the output depends on input values produced from previos output values

what is a flip-flop circuit

electronic circuits with two stable conditions usin sequential circuits

what is cross-coupling

interconnection between two logic gates which make up a flip-flop

what is positive feedback

the output from a process which influences the next input value to the process

does SoP stand for

sum of products

what is SoP

a boolean expression containing AND and OR terms

what are gray codes

ordering of binary numbers such thhat successive numbers differ by one bit value only

what does k-map stand for

karnaugh maps

what is a k-map

a method used to simplify logic statements and logic circuits

what do k-maps use

gray codes