GUIs-graphical user interfaces
DBMS-database management system
I/O-input/output
ISR-interrupt service routine
ISA-instruction set architecture
SOC-system-on-chip
ASICs-application-specific interated circut chips
PLDs/CPLDs-complex programmable logic devices
PMS-processor memory switch
RTL-register transfer lever
ALU arithmetic and logic unit
IR-instruction register
GPR-general-purpose register
PC-program counter
MAR-memory address register
MBR-memory buffer register
HDL-hardware discription language
MIPS-million instructions per second
Mflops-million floating-point operations per second
CPIave-average of cycles per instruction
IC-instruction count