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8/3/24, 2:55 PMICS2601 - System units
Jeremiah
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Case it contains and protects the electronics of the computer/mobile device from damage
motherboard main circuit board of the computer
a small piece of semiconducting material, usually silicon, on which integrated circuits
computer chip
are etched
processor interprets and carries out the basic instructions that operate a computer
Central Processing Unit (CPU) another term for processor
multi-core processor a single chip with 2 or more separate processor cores
control unit and an arithmetic logic unit Processors contain (?) and (?)
(ALU)
For every instruction, a processor repeats a set of how many basic operations? (it
four
comprises a machine cycle)
Fetch From the input device, the data is being sent to the processor.
It will (?) the data where the calculations/instructions are sent to the arithmetic logic
Decode
unit.
Execute The arithmetic logic unit will (?) the calculations if any of the data.
Store Once the data has been processed, it will (?) the data later.
Step 1 Fetch is the (?) step of the machine cycle?
Step 2 Decode is the (?) step of the machine cycle?
Step 3 Execute is the (?) step of the machine cycle?
Step 4 Store is the (?) step of the machine cycle?
Registers Part of the processor that temporarily holds data/instructions
System clock It controls the timing of all computer operations.
Clock speed the pace of the system clock
ICS2601 - System units
gigahertz (GHz) The pace of the system clock that is usually measured in (?).
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