Instructions & Programs: Crash Course Computer Science

The video tutorial explains the basics of CPU functionality, focusing on how CPUs are programmable and controlled by software. It covers a simple program execution using LOAD and ADD instructions, introduces advanced instructions like JUMP and JUMP_NEGATIVE, and discusses infinite loops. The tutorial also explains how conditional jumps can control program flow and logic. Finally, it highlights the limitations of instruction sets in hypothetical CPUs and provides a real-world example with the Intel 4004 processor.

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