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Stored Program Computers - Crossword

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Clues

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