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{{Short description|Method of CPU communication with peripheral devices}}
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'''Programmed input–output''' (also '''programmable input/output''', '''programmed input/output''', '''programmed I/O''', '''PIO''') is a method of [[data transmission]], via [[input/output]] (I/O), between a [[central processing unit]] (CPU) and a [[peripheral]] device,<ref name="CompArchOrg">{{cite book |title=Computer Architecture and Organization |last=Hayes |first=John P. |isbn=0-07-027363-4 |date=1978 |publisher=McGraw-Hill International Book Company |pages=419}}</ref> such as a [[Parallel ATA]] storage device. Each data item transfer is initiated by an instruction in the program, involving the CPU for every transaction. In contrast, in [[direct memory access]] (DMA) operations, the CPU is uninvolved in the data transfer.
The term can refer to either [[memory-mapped I/O]] (MMIO) or port-mapped I/O (PMIO). PMIO refers to transfers using a special [[address space]] outside of normal memory, usually accessed with dedicated instructions, such as <samp>IN</samp> and <samp>OUT</samp> in [[x86]] architectures. MMIO<ref>{{cite book |last=Stallings |first=William |date=2012 |title=Computer Organization and Architecture |edition=9th |publisher=Pearson}}</ref> refers to transfers to I/O devices that are mapped into the normal address space available to the program. PMIO was very useful for early microprocessors with small address spaces, since the valuable resource was not consumed by the I/O devices.
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