<s>
Architectural	B-General_Concept
state	I-General_Concept
is	O
the	O
collection	O
of	O
information	O
in	O
a	O
computer	O
system	O
that	O
defines	O
the	O
state	O
of	O
a	O
program	O
during	O
execution	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Architectural	B-General_Concept
state	I-General_Concept
includes	O
main	O
memory	O
,	O
architectural	O
registers	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
program	B-General_Concept
counter	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
Architectural	B-General_Concept
state	I-General_Concept
is	O
defined	O
by	O
the	O
instruction	B-General_Concept
set	I-General_Concept
architecture	I-General_Concept
and	O
can	O
be	O
manipulated	O
by	O
the	O
programmer	O
using	O
instructions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
core	B-Error_Name
dump	I-Error_Name
is	O
a	O
file	O
recording	O
the	O
architectural	B-General_Concept
state	I-General_Concept
of	O
a	O
computer	O
program	O
at	O
some	O
point	O
in	O
time	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
when	O
it	O
has	O
crashed	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Examples	O
of	O
architectural	B-General_Concept
state	I-General_Concept
include	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
Architectural	B-General_Concept
state	I-General_Concept
is	O
not	O
microarchitectural	B-General_Concept
state	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Microarchitectural	B-General_Concept
state	O
is	O
hidden	O
machine	O
state	O
used	O
for	O
implementing	O
the	O
microarchitecture	B-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
Examples	O
of	O
microarchitectural	B-General_Concept
state	O
include	O
pipeline	B-General_Concept
registers	I-General_Concept
,	O
cache	O
tags	O
,	O
and	O
branch	B-General_Concept
predictor	I-General_Concept
state	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
microarchitectural	B-General_Concept
state	O
can	O
change	O
to	O
suit	O
the	O
needs	O
of	O
each	O
processor	O
implementation	O
in	O
a	O
processor	O
family	O
,	O
binary	O
compatibility	O
among	O
processors	O
in	O
a	O
processor	O
family	O
requires	O
a	O
common	O
architectural	B-General_Concept
state	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
Architectural	B-General_Concept
state	I-General_Concept
naturally	O
does	O
not	O
include	O
state-less	O
elements	O
of	O
a	O
computer	O
such	O
as	O
busses	O
and	O
computation	O
units	O
(	O
e.g.	O
,	O
the	O
ALU	B-General_Concept
)	O
.	O
</s>
