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Computer organization and architecture Question and answers correctly solved What is a word? - correct answer A word is a fixed-sized piece of data handled as a SINGLE unit by the instruction set or the hardware of the processor. The number of bits in a word (the word size, word width, or word length) is an important characteristic of any specific processor design or computer architecture. What are the advantages and disadvantages of larger word lengths? - correct answer How many bits can an octal symbol represent? - correct answer 3 How many bits can a hex symbol represent? - correct answer 4 How many bits can a decimal symbol represent? - correct answer One decimal symbol requires ≈ 3.3 bits, so hex and octal are more convenient than decimal when describing values on a bus Why is overflow a bad thing in transmitting messages? - correct answer Naively excee

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Computer Organization and Architecture
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Von Neumann architecture - correct answer ✔Data and instruction stored in
same memory.
memory content addressable by address.
Sequential execution.


Hardwired program - correct answer ✔Connecting components in the
desired configuration


General-purpose hardware - correct answer ✔Accepts data and produces
results


Software - correct answer ✔Instruction to generate control signals


I/O component - correct answer ✔Input and Output modules


Main memory - correct answer ✔Store instructions and data temporarily


I/O AR - correct answer ✔Input/output address register


I/O BR - correct answer ✔Input/output buffer register


Program - correct answer ✔Set of instructions stored in memory

, Fetch - correct answer ✔Read instruction from memory


Instruction cycle - correct answer ✔Fetch and execute


Processor - memory - correct answer ✔Transferring data from processor to
memory or vs.


Processor - I/O - correct answer ✔Transferring data to/from peripheral
device by transferring between processor and I/O module


Data processing - correct answer ✔Arithmetic or logic operation performed
on data


Control - correct answer ✔Sequence of operations may be altered by
instructions


Instruction address calculation - correct answer ✔iac


IAC - correct answer ✔Determine the address of the next instruction to be
executed


Instruction Fetch - correct answer ✔if


IF - correct answer ✔Read instruction from memory location into processor


Instruction operation decoding - correct answer ✔iod

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