Stored Program Computers - Crossword
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Clues
- Architecture, named after a mathematician, where instructions and data share the same main memory. (10)
- Idea that instructions are held in main memory while they are being run. (13)
- Component that processes instructions by fetching, decoding and executing each one in turn. (3)
- Main memory that stores data and instructions currently in use. (3)
- Component that decodes instructions and directs the timing of operations in the CPU. (11)
- Component that performs arithmetic and logical operations on data. (3)
- Very fast memory locations inside the CPU for temporary data storage. (9)
- Component that synchronises all CPU operations by switching between 0 and 1. (5)
- Set of parallel wires that carries the location of memory to be read or written. (10)
- Set of parallel wires that carries values in both directions between the CPU and memory. (7)
- Set of parallel wires that carries signals which coordinate the activities of the computer. (10)
- Stage of the cycle where an instruction is copied from main memory into the CPU. (5)
- Stage where the control unit works out what the instruction means. (6)
- Stage where the instruction is carried out by the components of the CPU. (7)
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