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| 'The Brain' of the computer. It is used to process data. |
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| internal temporary memory area |
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| For the fetch part of the cycle to happen, the CPU places the address of the next item in a vital hardware path. |
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| Data from this bus then moves from the main memory into the CPU by travelling along another bus |
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| The next step is for the CPU to make sense of the instructions. |
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| The CPU is designed to understand a specific set of commands which are different for every make of CPU. |
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| the part of the cycle where the actual data processing takes place |
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| three main jobs of the control unit |
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Control and Monitors the hardware attached to the system to make sure that commands given to it by the application software are used
Controls the input and output of data
Controls the flow of data within the CPU |
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| IAS( Immediate Access Store) |
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| The CPU reads data and programs kept on the backing storage and stores it in the IAS |
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| How the clock speed is measured |
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| deals with logic and comparisons |
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| performs the calculations on the data |
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| Adjusting the clock to run faster than the CPU was designed for. |
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