Introduction to Computer Organization and Architecture

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Instruction Set Architecture

Computer Architecture is often called?

bus

It is a set of wires used to interconnect the different components of the system

CPU

It is responsible for executing the instructions of a program and for coordinating the activities of the other system components.

Computer Architecture

It is the design of computers, including their instruction sets, hardware components, and system organization.

word

It is the natural unit of data used by a particular processor design. It is a fixed-sized piece of data handled as a unit by the instruction set or the hardware of the processor.

CU

It is the nerve center of a computer.

Computer Architecture and Organization

It is the study of the internal working, structuring, and implementation of a computer system.

Computer Organization

It is the underlying implementation of the architecture which is transparent to the programmer. It encompasses all physical aspects of computer systems.

ALU

It is where all arithmetic and logic operations and manipulation of numbers take place.

Computer Architecture

It refers to the understanding of the components that make up the computer and the way they are interconnected

Von Neumann Architecture

Most computers use what architecture?

Principle of Equivalence of Hardware and Software

Anything that can be done with software can also be done with hardware, and anything that can be done with hardware can also be done with software.

Addresses

These are numbers that identify successive locations.

Secondary Memory

This is where all programs and data are stored on a more permanent basis.

Fetch-Decode-Execute Architecture

Von Neumann Architecture is also called?


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