1.1 Systems Architecture

Question 1

Processor

Answer 1

A small chip that processes data to any device speed measured in hertz

Question 2

MHt

Answer 2

Measurement of clock speed and 1 MHt is the same as 1 million instruction per second.

Question 3

GHt

Answer 3

alternating current or an electromagnetic wave frequencies 1 GHt is the same 1 billion instruction per second.

Question 4

Hertz

Answer 4

number of cycle per second

Question 5

Instruction

Answer 5

A command that you give your computer

Question 6

Execute

Answer 6

carry out an instruction

Question 7

Embedded System

Answer 7

Is a computer with in another device an example of this is a dishwasher it is also dedicated system.

Question 8

Clock Speed

Answer 8

It is a measured in hertz it is the speed the processor carries out instructions.

Question 9

Cache

Answer 9

It is a very fast memory between the processor and the RAM (Main Memory) it hold commonly used instructions.

Question 10

Core

Answer 10

It is a processor and it is the part of the processor that execute instructions dual core means it has two cores and do two lots of instructions in seconds , a quad core means it has four cores and can do four instructions in seconds