US PATENT SUBCLASS 711 / 205
.~.~.~.~ Directories and tables (e.g., DLAT, TLB)

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200  DF  ADDRESS FORMATION {12}
202  DF  .~ Address mapping (e.g., conversion, translation) {2}
203  DF  .~.~ Virtual addressing {3}
204  DF  .~.~.~ Predicting, look-ahead {1}
205.~.~.~.~ Directories and tables (e.g., DLAT, TLB)

DEFINITION

Classification: 711/205

Directories and tables (e.g., DLAT, TLB):

(under subclass 204) Subject matter wherein a memory space is employed for registering indexes and the like to real or physical address spaces in a predicting or look-ahead arrangement.

(1) Note. A directory table is a mechanism for storing virtual (i.e., logical) to physical (i.e., real, absolute) address translation entries that are used in combination with methods of predicting or prefetching.

(2) Note. DLAT is a term of art referring to Directory Look-Aside Table; TLB is a term of art referring to Translation Look-Aside Buffer.