[14] Common Acronyms


BIT: 1 unit of infomation. A 0 or 1.
BYTE: 8 bits.
HASH TABLE: A table read in to memory for lookup. May be used for 
endgames.
K (Kilobyte): 1,024 bytes.
MB (Megabyte): 1,024 Kilobytes.
MIPS: millions of instructions per second.
RAM: Random access memory.
RISC: Reduced instruction Set Code.

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