CPU CONCEPTS OF INTEREST
With the advent of the Pentium Pro, terminology changed a bit. From here on out, the address bus and external data bus between the CPU, MCC, and RAM is called the frontside bus
With the advent of the Pentium Pro, terminology changed a bit. From here on out the connection between the CPU and the L2 cache is called the backside bus.
Level 1 Cache: Contained within the processor, very fast, very small amount of memory caches frequently accessed data from Level 2 Cache
Level 2 Cache: Secondary Cache (at one time located separately from the processor, Nowadays within the processor) fast, medium sized amount of memory caches frequently accessed data from RAM
RAM: Typically the largest amount of memory available to your system, Caches information frequently used by your HDD
HDD: Stores information for you, when used by applications like Internet explorer it too can have CACHE files with store frequently accessed information from the Internet websites you visi
