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Network Connections and Pro
The purpose of the CPU
To manage basic operations of the computer. To be the ‘brains’ of the computer
The main components of the CPU
Control Unit. Arithmetic Logic Unit. Registers. Cache
Von Neumann Architecture
The architecture that allows for the storage of instructions and data in the same location
The FDE Cycle
The cycle the CPU continuously carries out to process instructions
Binary
The number system used to store instructions and data in the computer
The role of a register in the CPU
It is a place to temporarily hold data and instructions as they are being processed by the CPU.
The PC
The Program Counter keeps the address of the next instruction to be processed
The MAR
The Memory Address Register is used to tell the CPU where to locate data in Main Memory
The MDR
The Memory Data Register is used to store data that is fetched from Main Memory
The ACC
The Accumulator stores results of logic operations and calculations used during processing