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CPU
Karten in diesem Stapel (11)
- 1What does CPU stand for?Central Processing Unit
- 2WFetch, Decode, Execute
- 3What is the purpose of the CPU?To process information and to fetch, decode, execute information
- 4What is the benifit of multiple cores?So more cycles can be completed at the same time
- 5What is clock speed?How many cycles can be completed in a second
- 6Where does the CPU fetch from?RAM and cache
- 7What is cache?Small temporary storage inside the CPU, much quicker to access than RAM
- 8What is RAM?Random Access Memory, stores temporary data from running applications
- 9What is volatile storage?Storage that looses its storage when the power is lost, e.g RAM
- 10What is ROM?Read Only memory, stores boot up instructions
- 11What happens if the RAM is full?The operating system sets up virtual memory on the hard drive, virtual memory is an extension of RAM
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- Year 10 Computing (Computer Systems) Karteikarten am CPU, erstellt von Jessica Sanders am 22/11/2017.
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