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From: jeffm@uokmax.UUCP (Jeff Medcalf)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: The Meaning of SPARC--summary
Message-ID: <3664@uokmax.UUCP>
Date: 26 Aug 89 01:18:23 GMT
Reply-To: jeffm@uokmax.UUCP (Jeff Medcalf)
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Organization: No, it isn't really.
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I would like to personally thank all of those who responded to my question
about the meaning of the acronym SPARC.  Unfortunately, I can't due to an
altercation with my mailer.  However, here is the summary:

SPARC means Scalable Processor ARChitecture.  It is a Sun machine that uses a 
RISC chip.  RISC in turn is for Reduced Instruction Set Computer, or something
along that line.  A RISC chip has far fewer instructions than a normal chip.