Which of the architecture saves memory?

During the execution of the instructions, a copy of the instructions is placed in the _____

Which of these is a valid byte?

The ALU makes use of _______ to store the intermediate results.

A source program is usually in _______

How many possible values can we have with 8 bits?

The binary valua of the ASCII letter "c" is 01100011. Its decimal value is _____

Where does the CPU store its computations?

Which memory device is genrally made of semiconductors?

_____ are numbers and encoded characters, generally used as operands.

The input devices can send information to the processor when _____

The ______ format is usually used to store data

The 8-bit encoding format used to store data in a computer is ______

The control unit controls other units by generating ___________

To reduce the memory access time we generally make use of ______

The time delay between two successive initiations of memory operation _______

Which of the register/s of the processor is/are connected to Memory Bus?

ISP stands for _________

____ is used to choose between incrementing the PC or performing ALU operations.

The registers, ALU and the interconnection between them are collectively called as _____

The first computer constructed using vaccum tubes was _____

_____ is not one of the four basic functions of a computer

The second generation of computers based on _____

The third generation of computers based on _____

The binary representation of -7 is _____ o

What is the function of MAR?

What is the function of MBR?

Which registers can interact with the secondary storage?

The binary representation of -15 is _____

_____ is the binary representation of -1:

The registers and ALU are connected by using _____

If a processor clock is rated as 3 GHz then its clock period is _____

If a processor clock is rated as 1.8 GHz then its clock period is _____

The main virtue for using single Bus structure is ____________

ANSI stands for __________

In multiple Bus organisation, the registers are collectively placed and referred as ______

The ISA standard Buses are used to connect ___________

Two processors A and B have clock frequencies of 700 Mhz and 900 Mhz respectively. Suppose A can execute an instruction with an average of 3 steps and B can execute with an average of 5 steps. For the execution of the same instruction which processor is faster?

For a given FINITE number of instructions to be executed, which architecture of the processor provides for a faster execution?

An optimizing Compiler does _________

When Performing a looping operation, the instruction gets stored in the ______

The average number of steps taken to execute the set of instructions can be made to be less than one by following _______

Which method/s of representation of numbers occupies a large amount of memory than others?

What is the maximum addressable memory of a 32-bit microprocessor with 24-bit address?

A complete microcomputer system consist of _____

CPU fetches the instruction pointed by____

The processing required for a single instruction is called an _____

The fetched instruction is loaded into a register in the processor known as the _____

The processor may perform some arithmetic or logic operation on data is _____

SDRAM stands for _____

s _____

SDRAM stands for _____

A processor performing fetch or decoding of different instruction during the execution of another instruction is called _____

Two processors A and B have clock frequencies of 700 MHz and 800 MHz respectively. Suppose A can execute an instruction with an average of 3 steps and B can execute with an average of 5 steps. For the execution of the same instruction, which processor is faster?

Two processors A and B have clock frequencies of 2.2 GHz and 2.3 GHz respectively. Suppose A can execute an instruction with an average of 4 steps and B can execute with an average of 5 steps. For the execution of the same instruction, which processor is faster?

Two processors A and B have clock frequencies of 2.2 GHz and 1.8 GHz respectively. Suppose A can execute an instruction with an average of 5 steps and B can execute with an average of 3 steps. For the execution of the same instruction, which processor is faster?

The address of the instruction following the CALL instructions stored in _____

In the CPU, what is the functionality of the control unit?

Which representation is most efficient to perform arithmetic operations on the numbers?

When using the Big Endian assignment to store a number, the sign bit of the number is stored in _____

Which of the following storages may have an associative access method?

Using a direct mapping method for a memory of 32 blocks and a cache of 4 lines, how many bits are used for tag field?

In the context of memory hierarchy which statement is correct?

__________ refers to whether memory is internal or external to the computer.

For internal memory, the __________ is equal to the number of electrical lines into and out of the memory module.

"Memory is organized into records and access must be made in a specific linear sequence" is a description of __________.

individual blocks or records have a unique address based on physical location with __________.

For random-access memory, __________ is the time from the instant that an address is presented to the memory to the instant that data have been stored or made available for use.

The ________ consists of the access time plus any additional time required before a second access can commence.

A portion of main memory used as a buffer to hold data temporarily that is to be read out to disk is referred to as a _________.

A line includes a _________ that identifies which particular block is currently being stored.

__________ is the simplest mapping technique and maps each block of main memory into only one possible cache line.

When using the __________ technique all write operations made to main memory are made to the cache as well.

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

In a _________, binary values are stored using traditional flip-flop logic-gate configurations.

A __________ contains a permanent pattern of data that cannot be changed, is nonvolatile, and cannot have new data written into it.

Adjacent tracks are separated by _________.

Data are transferred to and from the disk in __________.

RAID level ________ has the highest disk overhead of all RAID types.

The _________ contains logic for performing a communication function between the peripheral and the bus.

The I/O function includes a _________ requirement to coordinate the flow of traffic between internal resources and external devices.

An I/O module that takes on most of the detailed processing burden, presenting a high-level interface to the processor, is usually referred to as an _________.

Facilities and services provided by the OS that assist the programmer in creating programs are in the form of _________ programs that are not actually part of the OS but are accessible through the OS.

________ is when the processor spends most of its time swapping pages rather than executing instructions.

The OS maintains a __________ for each process that shows the frame location for each page of the process.

The operation _________ yields true if either or both of its operands are true.

The unary operation _________ inverts the value of its operand.

A _______ is an electronic circuit that produces an output signal that is a simple Boolean operation on its input signals.