1.1 Buses, Programming Flashcards
1
Q
What is a high level programming language ? (2 points)
A
Close to English and readable by humans.
But has to be converted to machine code for the CPU to understand.
2
Q
What is low level language ?
A
Machine Code which the computer can understand.
3
Q
What are the three Buses ?
A
Address Bus, Data Bus, Control Bus.
4
Q
What does the Address Bus do? (2 points)
A
Transmits the address of the data to be loaded from CPU to memory.
Goes only one way.
5
Q
What does the Data Bus do ? (2 points)
A
The data bus transmits data between the components.
It goes both ways.
6
Q
What does the Control bus do ? (2 points)
A
The control bus transmits command, timing, and status information between components.
It goes both ways.
