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General Protection Fault (GPF) - triple channels
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| General Protection Fault (GPF) | a windows error that occurs when a program attempts to access a memory address that is not available or is no longer assigned to it. |
| memory bank | the memory of a processor addresses at one time. |
| parity | an error checking scheme in which a ninth, or "parity," bit is added. |
| parity error | an error that occurs when the number of 1s in the byte is not in agreement with the expected number. |
| re-marked chips | chips that have been used and returned to the factory, marked again, and resold. |
| RIMM | a type of memory module developed by rambus, Inc. |
| SIMM (single inline memory module) | a miniature circuit board used in older computers to hold RAM. |
| Single channel | the memory controller on a motherboard that can access one DIMM at a time. |
| single ranked | DIMMs that provide only one 64-bit bank. All memory chips on the DIMM are accessed at the same time. |
| single-sided | memory chips embedded on only a single side of a DIMM. |
| SO-DIMM (small outline DIMM) | a 160-pin memory module used in notebooks that uses Rambus technology. |
| synchronous DRAM (SDRAM) | a type of memory stored on DIMMs that runs in sync with the system clock, running at the same speed as the motherboard. |
| triple channels | when the memory controller accesses three DIMMs at the same time. |