harvard architecture

from The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (8 July 2008)

Harvard architecture

   <architecture> A computer {architecture} in which program
   instructions are stored in different memory from data.  Each
   type of memory is accessed via a separate {bus}, allowing
   instructions and data to be fetched in parallel.

   Contrast: {von Neumann architecture}.

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   (2004-01-14)