IT 105 GMU MIDTERM REVIEW with Complete Solutions | Already Passes
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IT 105 GMU
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IT 105 GMU
IT 105 GMU MIDTERM REVIEW with
Complete Solutions | Already Passes
Serial processing - Processing data one instruction at a time,
completing one instruction before beginning another
Pipeline processing - A technology that allows a processor to begin
executing an instruction before completing t...
Serial processing - ✔✔Processing data one instruction at a time,
completing one instruction before beginning another
Pipeline processing - ✔✔A technology that allows a processor to begin
executing an instruction before completing the previous instruction
Parallel processing - ✔✔The simultaneous use of more than one processor
to execute a program
CPU cache - ✔✔A high-speed memory providing the CPU rapid access to
data that would otherwise be accessed from disk or ram. Measured in
Megabytes
Volatile memory - ✔✔Maintains data when the device is powered. RAM
SRAM - ✔✔Faster, more expensive, easier to use, cache memory
DRAM - ✔✔Slower, cheaper, more difficult to use, main memory
ALU - ✔✔Component of the CPU that is responsible for arithmetic and
logical operations
, Cache memory - ✔✔Component of the CPU that is used to store frequently
used instructions and data
Assembly language - ✔✔Low-level programming language
Machine language - ✔✔When a user launch is a piece of software such as
from the heart does the instructions in date of that correspond to the
software and reside in RAM
Bit depth - ✔✔The length of the binary code that the camera generates for
each pixel
CPU cycles during instruction processing (in order) - ✔✔Fetch, decode,
execute, write-back
True or false. In the Von Neumann Model, communication between the
memory and processing unit consists of the Memory Address Registrar
(MAR) and the Memory Data Register (MDR). - ✔✔True
What does a accumulator in a register of a computer processor do? - ✔✔It
holds the result of arithmetic operations in temporary memory
What does a program counter in a register of a computer processor do? -
✔✔It contains the address of the instruction being executed at the current
time
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