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2. 6 steps to a faster computer - AOL

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   Step #3: Add more RAM to your hardware. RAM is a temporary memory used by your computer's operating system and helps your programs run smoothly.

3. Why is my computer so slow? - AOL

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   Why is my computer running slow? Several factors may cause a computer to run slow. Consider the age of your computer; older computers may struggle to run newer, resource-intensive software.

4. What is overclocking? How to boost your PC's speed and ... - AOL

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   Overclocking is the process of forcing your computer to run faster than it's intended to go, which can help you run advanced programs on an older PC.

5. Overclocking - Wikipedia

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   The purpose of overclocking is to increase the operating speed of a given component. [3] Normally, on modern systems, the target of overclocking is increasing the performance of a major chip or subsystem, such as the main processor or graphics controller, but other components, such as system memory or system buses (generally on the motherboard), are commonly involved.

6. Cache prefetching - Wikipedia

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   Cache prefetching can be accomplished either by hardware or by software. [3]Hardware based prefetching is typically accomplished by having a dedicated hardware mechanism in the processor that watches the stream of instructions or data being requested by the executing program, recognizes the next few elements that the program might need based on this stream and prefetches into the processor's ...

7. Program optimization - Wikipedia

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   Choice of design depends on the goals: when designing a compiler, if fast compilation is the key priority, a one-pass compiler is faster than a multi-pass compiler (assuming same work), but if speed of output code is the goal, a slower multi-pass compiler fulfills the goal better, even though it takes longer itself. Choice of platform and ...