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- 1What is the control bus for?The control bus carries the command to the CPU, it would be the Decode part of the cycle
- 2Which is bigger, the RAM or the CACHE?The RAM is much bigger than the CACHE, although the CACHE is quicker than the RAM.
- 3What number is the following in denary? 110113
- 4What is a dedicated computer system?A dedicated computer system is something designed to do one job, and that one only. eg/ microwave
- 5What does BIOS stand for?Basic, input, output, system
- 6What does an input device do?An input device gives data to the computer, eg/keyboard
- 7—Not gate
- 8—And Gate
- 9—Or gate
- 10VolatileVolatile storage
- 11Non-volatileNon-volatile storahes are accessible without power.
- 12Primary storageThe first thing the CPU goes to when fetching or storing data. Very fast compared to sexy storage
- 13Secondary storageThis is the bigger of the 2. It is much slower than the primary storage and therefore is the second resort when the CPU is searching for data.
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