Computer Architecture

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Who developed the idea of a stored program computer and modern computer architecture?

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John Von Neumann

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The idea developed in 1945 by Von Neumann of a computer holding both programs and the data used by the programs in memory is called the..?

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Stored Program Concept

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What are the 3 parts of the Von Neumann computer architecture?

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Processor (CU, Registers & ALU), Memory Unit & Input/Output

Front

What are the two main parts of the processor?

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Control Unit & Arithmetic Logic Unit

Front

The location of where data can be found in the computer memory is called the?

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Address

Front

The small high speed storage areas within the memory and processor are known as..?

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Registers

Front

The MDR, MAR, PC & CIR are all examples of..?

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Registers

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Which of the following is not a register? Options: CU, MAR, MDR, PC

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CU

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RAM is usually called

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Physical memory

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What does the control unit do to determine the address of the next instruction to be executed?

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Instruction sequencing