Wat is een zogenaamde pipeline (uit post 8):
Pipeline (computing)
In computing, a pipeline is a set of data processing elements connected in series,
where the output of one element is the input of the next one.
The elements of a pipeline are often executed in parallel or in time-sliced fashion;
in that case, some amount of buffer storage is often inserted between elements.
Vergelijk het met een fabriek waar auto's geassembleerd worden.
To understand the benefit of a pipeline, imagine that a car manufacturing plant had to wait for each car to be fully completed before starting on the next one. That would be horribly inefficient, right? It makes much more sense to work on many cars at once, completing them one stage at a time. This is what a pipeline in a computer allows. Pipelining, as it is called, often keeps around six instructions at once in the processor at different stages of processing. BRON