Instructions

Question 1

What is the name of a small amount of fast temporary memory with the processor?

Answer 1

Register

Question 2

What is a mnemonic?

Answer 2

A mnemonic is a meaningful abbreviation that is used in assembly language. It is easier to remember and write down than a binary machine code instruction.

Question 3

What is machine-readable language?

Answer 3

Machine-readable language is the only language that a compute can read and process.

Question 4

How does a computer execute a machine code program?

Answer 4

A computer executes a machine code program by following eat fetch-decode-execute cycle. An instruction is fetched from memory, decoded in op-codes and operands, then executed by the processor.

Question 5

what is the name of the machine code instructions that a processor can use?

Answer 5

Instruction set

Question 6

Why is hexadecimal used instead of binary to write machine code instructions?

Answer 6

Hexadecimal numbers are easier to write than long patterns of 0s and 1s. Using hexadecimal can also lead to fewer mistakes.

Question 7

What is the name given to the number of bits that a register in the CPU can hold at one time?

Answer 7

Word size

Question 8

What is the purpose of translator software?

Answer 8

Translator software translates high-level code into machine-readable code. A translator can be a compiler or interpreter.

Question 9

What is an operand in a machine code instruction?

Answer 9

An operand is data or an address that an operator will need to use in a machine code instruction.