Computer Architecture Flashcard

Computer Architecture Flashcard

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1.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

The register file employs much shorter addresses than addresses for cache and memory.

Back

True

2.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

The___________command is used to activate a peripheral and tell it what to do.

Back

control

3.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

When data are moved over longer distances, to or from a remote device, the process is known as______

Back

data communications

4.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

One distinguishing characteristic of memory that is designated as_____is that it is possible both to read data from the memory and to write new data into the memory easily and rapidly.

Back

RAM

5.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

A______is a small, very-high-speed memory maintained by the instruction fetch stage of the pipeline and containing the n most recently fetched instructions in sequence.

Back

loop buffer

6.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

________attributes include hardware details transparent to the programmer.

Back

Organizational

7.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

What interface is used to connect the processor to I/O devices that require transmission of data one bit at a time?

Back

Serial

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