Monday, November 6, 2017

From Microprocessors to Java Virtual Machine

1. Microprocessor

- works with a computer's central processing unit
- register based, and has instructions in its memory
- has made other computer forms pretty much out of date

2. Apollo Guidance Computer (AGC)

- digital computer
- communicated with astronauts to control modules like the Lunar Module
- first integrated circuit computers

3. Opcode

- used in computer architecture to differentiate between instructions
- stands for operation code
- intended for software interpretation

4. Java Virtual Machine

- an abstract computing machine
- has a hierarchy for a process


- an extremely abstract virtual computer

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