System Architechture, Memory And Storage Flashcards

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What are the 3 basic elements of computer systems

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Input
Process
Output

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The element of input in a computer system

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Data feeds into the system from input devices

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The element of process in a computer system

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The data collected needs to be processed and actions need to be carried out. This means carrying out calculations, sending instructions to other devices or transferring data from different areas of memory.

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The element of output in a computer system

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Once processed or acted on, the result is presented via an output device

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Common central processing unit components

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ALU (arithmetic logic unit)
CU (control unit)
Cache

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What does the ALU do

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Where calculations are carried out. These include mathematical tasks, logic tests and data comparisons

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What does the control unit do

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The control unit controls the flow of data around the system, both inside the CPU and between input and output devices. Control signals are sent to the ALU, cache and memory registers.

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What does the cache do

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A cache is a small memory of very fast memory within the CPU used to store frequently used data and instructions when RAM is full as it is easy to access with it being close to the CPU

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What does the MAR do

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This is the location address in memory of the next piece of data or instruction that the CPU needs to be fetched or stored

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What does the MDR do

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An instruction or piece of data fetched from memory is stored here temporarily until its used

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What does the program counter do

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This continuously provides the CPU with the memory address of the next instruction in the cycle to be fetched

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What does the accumulator do

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This is where the results of calculations carried out by the ALU are temporarily stored until they are needed

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What does the bus do

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The bus is a physical pathway shared by signals to and from components of a computer system such as input and output devices; the arrows in the diagram represent wires and circuit boards

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The FDE cycle describes how the CPU…

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Fetches instructions
Decodes them
Carries out (or executes) the instructions

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What happens at the fetch stage of the FDE cycle

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The processor fetches the instructions from memory and uses the program counter to keep track of where it is

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