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924 Index


Keyboard matrix, 589-590
Kirchhoff's law, 10
Kiviat graph, 46-49

LAMP, 462

Language-based computers, 91, 486-488

(See also specific language-based computers)

Large-scale integration (LSI), 65
LEAVE, in ISP, 26
Levels in a digital system, 9-16
Lexicographical level, 248
LINC, 767

LINC-8, 20

Link, 17, 23

bus, 333-340, 346

LLL OCTOPUS network, 393-394
Local network, 430
Logic level, 10, 120
Logical assignment, 31
Look-aside memory, 264
Loop, 337, 346
LSI-11, 611
LSI-11/23, 611

 

Mailbox, 237

Maintenance and Diagnostic Processor, 104
Maintenance in Pluribus, 383-385
Manchester Mark 1, 96, 107-109
Master Control Program (MCP), 99, 129
Master slice, 63
Match access, 463, 465
Maxicomputers, 4, 573-579, 680-694

(See also specific maxicomputers)

Maxwell's equation, 10
MCS-48, 584-585

Memory, 17

look-aside, 264
multi-dimensional access, in STARAN, 318-321
multiported, 333-342
virtual (see Virtual memory)

Memory access, 92-95

associative, 95
content-addressable, 95
cyclic, 92-94

queue, 92
random, 94-95

stack, 92

Memory contention in C.mmp, 363-364
Memory hierarchy, 228-234
Memory interleaving, 263

Atlas, 147- 148
in System/360, 711
in System/360 Model 91, 278, 293-305

Memory protection, keys, 256
Memory reclaimer, 490
Memory state, 23
MENEHUNE, 416-428

MERIT computer network, 386
Mesa language, 569
Message switching, 343-345, 389-390
Messages in Tandem, 482
Micro Nova, 611
Microcomputers, 4,573-579,611-614

(See also specific microcomputers)

Microinstruction in Alto, 553
Micromachine, Alto, 555-556
Micro-operations, 158
Micro-order, 158
Microprocessors, 4

(See also specific microprocessors)

Microprogram, 158 for PDP-8, 221-223
Microprogrammed processors, 4, 90

examples of, 154-157
(See also specific microprogrammed processors)

Microprogramming, 12, 151- 163

concurrency, 153
in HP 9100A, 825
in PDP-11, 671-672
in System/360, 164-167, 713-714

Micro-subroutine, 162

transfer to, 109-211, 213, 214

Mil Model 217, 65
MIMD (Multiple Instruction, Multiple Data), 265
Minicomputers, 4, 573-579, 647-648

(See also specific minicomputers)

Monolithic microcomputers, 4,573-579,

581-586 (See also specific monolithic microcomputers)

Monolithic System Technology (MST), 873
Monolithic systems, 6
Moore plot, 64
MOS (metal-oxide semiconductor)

technology, 612-613

Motorola:

6800, 65, 610
10000 Logic, 155
68000, 610

Mouse, 559-560
MTTF (mean-time-to-failure), 461
Multi-dimensional access (MDA) memory

in STARAN, 318-32 1

Multiple control units, 265
Multiple function units, 265

in System/360 Model 91, 278

Multiple processors, 80, 573-579, 876

(See also Multiprocessors)

Multiplexer, 172, 180
Multiplication:

hardware, 178, 198
2's complement, 199-201

Multiported memory, 333-342
Multiprocess environment, 95
Multiprocessors, 332-349

in Intel 8086, 633-634

Multiprocessors (Cont.): in PDP-11, 653
(See also Multiple processors; specific
multiprocessors)

Multiprogramming, 71, 227
Muse, 136
Mutual exclusion, 512


NAND gate, 11
National IMP 8, 610
Native mode in Vax-1 1/780, 716
Negation operator, 29
Network Control Center (NCC), 399, 442
Network Measurement Center (NMC) in

ARPANET, 399

Networks, 387-401

examples of, 392-401
(See also specific networks)

NOR gate, 11
Normalize in Am2903, 196


Object, 533-534, 537-540
Ohm's law, 10
Omnibus, 768
On-line maintenance, 479
One-level store, 137-141
(1 + x) address, 72-73
1's complement, 30, 69
Operation codes, 24-32
OPR (operate) instruction, 28
Or operator, 31
Overflow, 172, 186
Overlap, 260-261


Packet broadcasting, 416-425

repeaters, 420

Packet switching, 389-390,402-415,

416-428, 429-438

Page Address Register, 138
Page lists, 492
Paging, 230

demand, 233

Parallel operation, 730-742
Parity, Am2903, 188-196
Parity flag in Intel 8008, 617, 638-639
PASCAL language, 14
PBX (private branch exchange), 465
PDP-5, 647, 767
PDP-8, 16, 20, 49, 96, 110-128, 647

AMD implementation, 219-226
bus structure, 84
circuit level, 121-124
Data Break, 111
DECtape, 113
family evolution, 766-775
ISP, 113, 125-128
ISP level, 113-116
levels of abstraction, 110
LINC-8, 111

 

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