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[[Belt]] – provides the functionality of general purpose registers<br />
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[[Belt Slot]] – the read only data source for machine operations<br />
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[[Bundle]] – a collection of instructions that get fetched from memory together<br />
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[[EBB]] – Extended Basic Block<br />
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[[Exit]] – a point where the instruction stream can leave the EBB<br />
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[[Implicit Zero]] - uninitialized memory loads are implicitly zero<br />
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[[Instruction]] – a collection of operations that get executed together<br />
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[[Instruction Stream]] – a sequence of instructions, the Mill has 2 working in parallel<br />
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[[Metadata]] – tags attached to belt slots that describe the data in it<br />
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[[None]] – undefined data in a slot that is silently ignored by operations<br />
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[[Operation]] – the most basic semantically defined hardware unit of execution<br />
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[[Phase]] - sequenced execution of different operations within one instruction<br />
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[[PLB]] – Protection Lookaside Buffer<br />
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[[Portal]] – a cross turf call destination<br />
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[[Replay]] - the way the hardware restores machine state after being interrupted<br />
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[[SAS]] – Single Address Space<br />
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[[Service]] – a stateful call interface that can cross protection barriers<br />
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[[Specializer]] – turns general mill assembly into hardware specific machine instructions<br />
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[[Spiller]] – securely manages temporary memory used by certain operations in hardware<br />
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[[TLB]] – Translation Lookaside Buffer<br />
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[[Turf]] – memory protection domain on the Mill, a collection of regions<br />
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a
b

Belt – provides the functionality of general purpose registers
Belt Slot – the read only data source for machine operations
Bundle – a collection of instructions that get fetched from memory together

c
d
e

EBB – Extended Basic Block
Exit – a point where the instruction stream can leave the EBB

f
g
h
i

Implicit Zero - uninitialized memory loads are implicitly zero
Instruction – a collection of operations that get executed together
Instruction Stream – a sequence of instructions, the Mill has 2 working in parallel

j
k
l
m

Metadata – tags attached to belt slots that describe the data in it

n

None – undefined data in a slot that is silently ignored by operations
NaR – Not a Result, undefined data that traps when used in certain operations

o

Operation – the most basic semantically defined hardware unit of execution

p

Phase - sequenced execution of different operations within one instruction
PLB – Protection Lookaside Buffer
Portal – a cross turf call destination
Protection Region – specified continuous memory region with attached permissions

q
r

Replay - the way the hardware restores machine state after being interrupted

s

SAS – Single Address Space
Service – a stateful call interface that can cross protection barriers
Specializer – turns general mill assembly into hardware specific machine instructions
Spiller – securely manages temporary memory used by certain operations in hardware
Stacklet – hardware managed memory line used in fragmented stacks

t

TLB – Translation Lookaside Buffer
Turf – memory protection domain on the Mill, a collection of regions

u
v
w
x
y
z
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