Hardware description classes¶
On this page the different terms used when dealing with hardware are explained.
core A cpu can have one or more cores.
A cpu is the central processing unit of a chip.
machine
An architecture can be more or less seen as a family of cpu’s. Most cpus of a certain architecture have the same ISA.
An isa is the instruction set architecture. This means basically the set of instructions that are available. A cpu is said to implement a certain ISA.
PC¶
A system is one of linux, windows, mac, helenos, minix, qnx, freebsd or another system.
Embedded¶
A chip is a specific package which can be a microcontroller having a cpu or more then one.
A board is a specific PCB, usually containing a cpu or more.
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