CPU (for dummies)

Question	Answer
What is the definition of a computer system.	Input, Process and Output.
What is the purpose of a CPU.	The purpose of a CPU is to Fetch, decode and execute information.
what happens during an FDE cycle?	To execute a program, the program code is copied from secondary storage into the main memory.
What are the 3 Cs?	Cores, Clock speed and Cache.
What is the Impact of CPU threads on processing performance.	the more threads your processor can handle, the better it will perform while multitasking.
Control Unit?	Controls the flow of data.
ALU (arithmatic logic unit)	Carries out the calculations and logical decisions.
Cache?	stores frequently used instructions which are faster to access.
Register?	High speed memory in the cpu.

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	Created by Oscar Wright about 4 years ago