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Nipun Patel English 4 cards

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1The Fetch-Execute CycleIt needs to fetch the data or instructions from the memory locations (fetch)
It needs to work out what these data or instruction mean (decode)
It then performs that task (execute)
2CPUCPU stands for Central Processing Unit.
The CPU is the brains of the computer where most calculations take place.
Without a CPU the computer would not work.
3RAMRandom Access Memory
It is stored in the operating system
When power is turned off they are lost,this type of memory is Volatile
Read and Write
4ROMRead Only Memory
Stored in computing boot up instructions
When power is turned off they are retained,this type of memory is non-volatile
Read Only