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CPU and factors affecting it definitions
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- 1What is the purpose of the CPUFetches decodes and executes
- 2What is the FDE cycleFetches decodes and executes
- 3Clock SpeedThis is how many Fetch, Decode, Execute cycles the processor can
complete per second. - 4Virtual MemoryVirtual Memory is an extension of RAM set up on the hard drive, used
for when the RAM is full. - 5CacheA small high speed memory used to store frequently used instructions
from the CPU - 6corea core is a small CPU or processor built into a big CPU or CPU socket.
- 7The Control UnitThe Control Unit is responsible
for decoding instructions. It
sends out signals to control
how data moves around the
parts of the CPU - 8What does alu stand foralgorithmic logical unit
- 9names of the resgesiters-Accumulator (ACC)
- Memory Address Register(MAR)
- Memory Data Register(MDR)
- Program Counter(PC) - 10alucarrys out calulations
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- GCSE Computing Flashcards on CPU and factors affecting it definitions, created by Rebecca Ham on 15/09/2021.
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