Computer Architecture Flashcard

Front

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

Back

True

Front

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

Back

control

Front

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

Back

data communications

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

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

Front

________attributes include hardware details transparent to the programmer.

Back

Organizational

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

Front

The data lines provide a path for moving data among system modules and are collectively called the _____

Back

data bus

Front

The operation_______yields true if either or both of its operands are true.

Back

OR

Front

_ instructions are used to position quantities in registers temporarily for computational operations

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Load-and-store