The CPU

The CPU is

• Control Processing Unit

• Centralised Process Unit

• Central Process Unified

• Central Processing Unit

The Processor...

• Carries out instructions

• Is main memory

• Is secondary storage

• Is an input device

the main computer components are...

• Input

  Output

  CPU

  Main Memory

• CPU

  Main Memory

  Secondary Storage

• Input

  Output

  CPU

  Main Memory

  Secondary Storage

• CPU

  Main Memory

  Secondary Storage

This is a secondary storage device

• CPU

• GPU

• USB

• RAM

Processors do not do the following

• Process Data

• Execute Instructions

• Execute Data

• Operate in Hertz (Hz)

The part of a processor which executes instructions is known as

• Core

• Centre

• Execution

• Instruction centre

What is held in cache?

• All the programming instructions

• Commonly used instructions and data

• Instructions that have been processed

• Data that hasn't been used for a long time

The part of the CPU that would perform an operation such as 5+8 is

• Arithmetic and Logic Unit

  (ALU)

• Accumulator

  (ACC)

• Cache

• Control Unit

  (CU)

What is held in ROM (Read Only Memory)

• Data currently in use

• Bootstrap Loader

• Instructions frequently used

• Operating System

What accurately describes a peripheral

• A component of a computer system

• A device not directly connected to the CPU

• A device that is directly connected to the CPU

• A device that is plugged in