Prefetching
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Prefetching may refer to:
- Instruction prefetchInstruction prefetchIn computer architecture, instruction prefetch is a technique used in microprocessors to speed up the execution of a program by reducing wait states....
, in computer architecture, a microprocessor speedup technique - Prefetch input queuePrefetch input queueFetching the instruction opcodes from program memory well in advance is known as prefetching and it is served by using prefetch input queue .The pre-fetched instructions are stored in data structure Queue. The fetching of opcodes well in advance, prior to their need for execution increases the...
(PIQ), in computer architecture, pre-loading machine code from memory - Link prefetchingLink prefetchingLink prefetching is a proprietary syntax to give web browsers a hint about documents that it should pre-fetch because the user might visit them in the near future. It is proposed as a draft internet standard by Mozilla...
, a web mechanism for prefetching links - The PrefetcherPrefetcherThe Prefetcher is a component of versions of Microsoft Windows starting with Windows XP. It is a component of the Memory Manager that speeds up the Windows boot process, and shortens the amount of time it takes to start up programs...
technology in modern releases of Microsoft Windows - PREFETCH an X86 instructionX86 instruction listingsThe x86 instruction set has been extended several times, introducing wider registers and datatypes and/or new functionality.-x86 integer instructions:...
in computing - Prefetch bufferPrefetch bufferA prefetch buffer is a data buffer employed on modern DRAM chips that allows quick and easy access to multiple data words located on a common physical row in the memory....
, a feature of DDR SDRAM memory - Swap prefetch, in computer operating systems, anticipatory paging