US PATENT SUBCLASS 710 / 8
.~ Peripheral configuration

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710 /   HD   ELECTRICAL COMPUTERS AND DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING SYSTEMS: INPUT/OUTPUT

1  DF  INPUT/OUTPUT DATA PROCESSING {16}
8.~ Peripheral configuration {6}
9  DF  .~.~> Address assignment
10  DF  .~.~> Configuration initialization
11  DF  .~.~> Protocol selection
12  DF  .~.~> As input or output
13  DF  .~.~> By detachable memory
14  DF  .~.~> Mode selection

DEFINITION

Classification: 710/8

Peripheral configuration:

(under subclass 1) Subject matter further comprising means or steps for assigning operating characteristics to a peripheral.

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104, for configuring by utilizing a hardware structure for providing the arrangement of the digital data processing system including characteristics of the digital data processing system's components to a digital data processing system processor.

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711, Electrical Computers and Digital Processing Systems: Memory,

170+, for automatically determining or allocating memory space.

713, Electrical Computers and Digital Data Processing Systems: Support, 1, 2, and 100 for digital data processing system initialization and configuration at boot-time.