CPU Flashcards
What is the MAR?
The Memory Address Register
What is the MDR?
The Memory Data Register
What is the PC (In a CPU)?
The Program Counter
What is the CIR?
The Current Instruction Register
What is the ALU and what does it do?
The Arithmetic Logic Unit, Responsible for arithmetic and logical operations within the CPU.
What is the CU and what does it do?
The Control Unit controls and manages the execution of instructions.
What is Von Neumann Architecture?
The CPU structure in which the ALU, CU and registers act in sync to store a program in instructions which are sequentially executed by the different parts working in sync.
What is the accumulator?
A register which acts as intermediary storage for the ALU.