Prefetching
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Prefetching generally means loading something ahead of time and could refer to any one of the following topics:
- Instruction prefetch in computer architecture is a microprocessor speedup technique.
- Prefetch input queue (PIQ) in computer architecture is pre-loading machine code from memory.
- Link prefetching, a web mechanism for prefetching links.
- The Prefetcher technology in modern releases of Microsoft Windows
- PREFETCH an X86 instruction in computing
- A feature of DDR SDRAM memory, see prefetch buffer