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- 1The CPU performs what cycle?Fetch-Decode-Execute
- 2What does CPU stand for?Central Processing Unit
- 3What does the Program Counter do?Counts what program it is going to perform next cycle.
- 4What does increasing the amount of cores do?Allows the computer to do more per Hertz
- 5What is clock speed?Clock speed tells us the amount of instructions a CPU can process per second
- 6What is Cache?Cache is a small amount of fast, temporary storage.
- 7What is the Arithmetic & Logic UnitThe ALU performs mathematics and logic operations.
- 8What is the Fetch Decode Execute cycle?A process in which the CPU fetches information from RAM, decodes it to find out its function and then executes upon that decode
- 9What does RAM stand for?Random Access Memory
- 10What does ROM stand for?Read Only Memory
- 11What is the highest level of cache?Level 3
- 12What is clock speed measured in?Hertz
- 13What type of memory is virtual memory?Secondary
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- Created by Billy-Bob Williams · Nov 17, 2017
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