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CPU

Fred Manns English 9 cards

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1What does a CPU stand for?Central Processing Unit
2What is the purpose of the CPU?To process information and to fetch decode and execute information
3What are the functions of the CPU?To fetch decode and execute information.
4Where does the CPU fetch data from?Cache and RAM
5What is Cache?storage in the CPU. quicker to access.
6what is RAM?Random access memory used to store temporary data from running programs. It's volatile.
7what does volatile mean?The memory wipes when the power turns off.
8what happens when the RAM gets full?the game becomes slow and it stores data in the virtual memory. virtual memory is an extension of RAM. It is set up in the hard drive.
9What is ROM?read only memory stores the boot up instructions. it is non-volatile