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Record 1 2022-05-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Information Processing (Informatics)
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Our [mainframe computer] was installed with the maximum amount of solid-state RAM [random access memory] that could be addressed by the IOM [input/output module] and CPM [central processor module], and that was a massive 8 megabytes. This was a hard limitation as memory addresses were included in fixed length bit fields in the instructions and this limitation was architected into the machine design.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Traitement de l'information (Informatique)

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