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CMI
Chapter 5
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Computer Science
Undergraduate 1
06/01/2006

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Term
4 basic funtions of a CPU
Definition
fetch, decode, execute, and write
Term
cpu clock frequency
Definition
measured by a small crystal or chip on the mother board which determines the pace for cpu. This sets a steady number of clock ticks pr second.
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clock doubling
Definition
an early method used to get higher cpu frequencies than those on the bus outside the cpu
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cpu cache
Definition
temporary storage or place for instructions and data in the cpu. RAM memory
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SRAM
Definition
Static Random Access Memory
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