[SYMBOL] [A] [B] [C] [D] [E] [F] [G] [H] [I] [J] [K] [L] [M] [N] [O] [P] [Q] [R] [S] [T] [U] [V] [W] [X] [Z] access patterns (disks) acctcom command, reviewing process accounting records ACK bit (TCP) adb command, kernel variable tuning address mask addresses frames (networks) IP duplicates memory address space layout limitations SCSI bus world wide name (Fibre Channel) algorithms asymptotic complexity measure big O notation Boyer-Moore searching CRC (cyclical redundancy checking) elevator inode cache (UFS) Kesslers Best Bin Knuth-Morris-Pratt searching Linux, epochs majority consensus (Solstice DiskSuite) Nagles 2nd naive page coloring problem solving and selecting slow start (TCP) string searching Alpha processors (DEC) memory page size ALU (arithmetic and logic unit) application layer (OSI model) applications [See also software] 64-bit architecture algorithms, selecting analyzing compiling with profiling executing with profiling profiling compiler flags floating-point behavior Fortran function pointers UltraSPARC-III applications multiprocessor systems, design issues performance books about MIPS ptime command time command timex command profiling considerations refactored code arbitrated loop Fibre Channel topology (FC-AL) architecture 64-bit 2nd books about disks FC (Fibre Channel) filesystems FireWire hardware level IDE interfaces IPI (Intelligent Peripheral Interface) levels of transformation MBus memory address space layout memory hierarchy and caching multiprocessor systems networks OSI model peripheral buses processors caching clock rates design basics piplining process scheduling SCSI (Small Computer System Interface) UFS (Unix Filesystem) virtual memory von Neumann model XBus arithmetic and logic unit (ALU) arithmetic optimization arrays (disks) associative mapping asymptotic complexity measure asynchronous data transfers (SCSI) Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) asynchronous writes (disks) ATA (AT Attachment) [See IDE] ATA Packet Interface (ATAPI) ATA-2 interface ATA-3 interface ATAPI (ATA Packet Interface) ATM (Asynchronous Transfer Mode) atomic operations attachment unit interface (AUI) cable attenuation (fiberoptic cabling) AUI (attachment unit interface) cable auto-negotiation (Ethernet) autodetection (RAID arrays) automounter (NFS) average memory utilization statistics average seek time (disks) average shared-memory space |