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CPU
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- 1What is the purpose of the CPU?To fetch, decode and execute information.
- 2Fetch, Decode and ____Execute
- 3What is clock speed?Clock Speed is the speed that the FDE cycle is carried out.
- 4How does having multiple cores affect performance?Having multiple cores lets the FDE cycle happen multiple times at once.
- 5What is cache?Cache is the storage inside the CPU.
- 6What does the Control Unit do?The Control Unit decodes instructions.
- 7What does ALU stand for?Arithmetic Logic Unit
- 8What does the ALU do?Carries out calculations and logical decisions.
- 9What are the 4 registers?Accumulator(ACC), Memory Address Register(MAR), Memory Data Register(MDR), Program Counter(PC)
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- GCSE Computing Flashcards on CPU, created by Thomas New on 16/09/2021.
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