Microprocessors: Prelim

Question 1

Manage the communications between the Central Processing Unit and parts of motherboard. North bridge is directly towards Front Side Bus (FSB). Other are host bridge and Memory Controller Hub (MCH).

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Northbridges

Question 2

Another chipset of logical chipset Architecture. It is the Peripheral Component Interconnect bus in the motherboard. The main function is to control the Input Output function

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Southbridge

Question 3

Random Access Memory

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Temporary Memory

Question 4

Decodes the instruction from high level language’s to machine languages and passes to CPU.

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Decoder

Question 5

Important parts of computer as it perform all the processing parts of computer

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Central Processing Unit

Question 6

Basically the brain of the computer . We can also call it simply a processor or CPU.

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Microprocessor

Question 7

As per the name, in this, the instructions are quite simple, and hence, they execute quickly. Moreover, the instructions get complete in one clock cycle and also use a few addressing modes only. Besides, it makes use of multiple registers so that interaction with memory is less.

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Reduced Instruction Set Computer

Question 8

The speed is which a microprocessor can execute the instruction . And also the number of cycles that the processor executes per second.

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Clock speed

Question 9

The set of machine level instruction that a microprocessor executed.

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Instruction Set

Question 10

These are the memory areas which the CPU directly uses for processing. Its function is to store data from input or store data between calculation.it also stores the output results.

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Registers

Question 11

Control the IC functioning. Responsible for managing the data flow of all devices like USB, SATA drives and Audio Controller.

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South Bridges

Question 12

The internal memory that stores the data and instruction of the CPU. It is volatile in nature

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Primary Memory

Question 13

it decodes the instruction from high level languages to machines language and passes them to the CPU.

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Decoder

Question 14

When it comes to computer architecture there is two significant parts of a motherboard called

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Chipset

Question 15

Microchip that has all the components of a Central Processing Unit (CPU) on a single Integrated Circuit.

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Microprocessor

Question 16

An internal or external system that stores data and instructions on a device. It consists of several cells, called memory cells, that each have a unique identification number.

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Computer memory

Question 17

A similar function coordinating the data flow between the processor and peripherals such as sound card or network card

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Southbridges

Question 18

Used as the Brain of the Circuit

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Microcontroller

Question 19

The primary memory, stores small amounts of data that the computer can access while you’re actively using it.

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Internal memory

Question 20

The second type of RAM and stores data as long as there is power in the system, unlike DRAM which is refreshed much more frequently

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Static random access memory

Question 21

The responsible for coordinating the data flow between the memory, the video card and the processor

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Northbridge

Question 22

Processor exist to make the computer work faster. They are a computer brain and are located on the __.

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Motherboard

Question 23

Considered a self-contained system with a processor, memory and peripherals and can be used as an __

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Embedded System

Question 24

Another type of primary internal memory, but unlike RAM, ROM is non-volatile and stores data permanently.

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Read-only memory

Question 25

A type of ROM that begins as memory with no data on it. A user can write data onto the chip using a special device

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Programmable read-only memory

Question 26

Known as secondary memory, is memory not directly connected to the CPU that you can attach or remove as needed. There are many types of external memory that individuals use in their devices.

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External memory

Question 27

An internal high-speed semiconductor memory that stores instances of data frequently used by the CPU. It provides access to the CPU, so when the CPU requests data or programs

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Cache memory