Index_W

W

wait state, 152

average, 155

and memory read operation, 153

WAV files, 401

wave table synthesis, 400

wide buses, 243

Wide SCSI, 368

Windows port access, 345

Windows run-time memory, 316

word

alternate byte layout, 144

at arbitrary addresses, 140

in byte-addressable memory, 138

composition of, 22

endian conversion, 146

at odd addresses, accessing, 141

stored at odd addresses, 141

two bytes in, 23

working sets, 311

workstations, diskless, 352

WORM (write-once, read many), 361

write control line, 136

write cycle, 151

write lifetime, 364

write operation

on the bus, 151

memory, 138

write policy

write-back cache, 307

write-through cache, 307

write-only output ports, 331

write-only ports, 330

writing to memory, 137