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Cache: A Very Expensive Part Of The Memory System Of A Computer That No One Is Supposed To Know Is There.
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Cache:
A very expensive part of the memory system of a computer that no one
is supposed to know is there.
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Cache: A very expensive part of the memory system of a computer that no one is supposed to know is there.
MEMORY: A component of a computer that holds data. Sometimes it doesn't.
Amount present in a given system is calculated in a manner similar to REGISTERS (see)....
If you put tomfoolery into a computer, nothing comes out but tomfoolery.
But this tomfoolery, having passed through a very expensive machine, is somehow enobled and no-one dare criticise it....
blit /blit/ vt. 1. [common] To copy a large array of bits from one part of a computer's memory to another pa
particularly when the memory is being used to determine what is shown on a display screen....
A distributed system is one in which the failure of a computer you didn't even know existed can render your own computer unusable.
-- Leslie Lamport, as quoted in CACM, June 1992...
If you put garbage in a computer nothing comes out but garbage.
But this garbage, having passed through a very expensive machine, is somehow enobled and none dare criticize it....