Computer Architecture Question and
answers verified to pass
Computer Architecture - correct answer ✔discipline describing the
functionality, organization, and implementation of computer systems
Computer Engineering - correct answer ✔discipline utilizing electrical
engineering and computer science to develop computer hardware and
software
Instruction Set Architecture (ISA) - correct answer ✔the part of computer
architecture related to programming, native data types, instructions, registers,
addressing modes, memory architecture, interrupt and exception handling,
and external I/O
Microarchitecture - correct answer ✔is the way a given instruction set
architecture (ISA) is implemented on a processor
Computer Cluster - correct answer ✔consists of a set of loosely or tightly
connected computers that work together so that, in many respects, they can
be viewed as a single system
Non-uniform memory access (NUMA) - correct answer ✔is a computer
memory design used in multiprocessing, where the memory access time
depends on the memory location relative to the processor
Emulator - correct answer ✔hardware or software that enables one computer
system (called the host) to behave like another computer system (called the
guest)
, Compiler - correct answer ✔a computer program (or set of programs) that
transforms source code written in a programming language (the source
language) into another computer language (the target language, often having
a binary form known as object code)
Machine Code - correct answer ✔a set of instructions executed directly by a
computer's central processing unit (CPU)
Central Processing Unit (CPU) - correct answer ✔the electronic circuitry
within a computer that carries out the instructions of a computer program by
performing the basic arithmetic, logical, control and input/output (I/O)
operations specified by the instructions
Assembly Language - correct answer ✔a low-level programming language
for a computer, or other programmable device, in which there is a very strong
(generally one-to-one) correspondence between the language and the
architecture's machine code instructions
Word - correct answer ✔a term for the natural unit of data used by a
particular processor design
Addressing Mode - correct answer ✔an aspect of the instruction set
architecture in most central processing unit (CPU) designs
Processor Register - correct answer ✔a small amount of storage available
as part of a digital processor, such as a central processing unit (CPU)
CPU Cache - correct answer ✔a cache used by the central processing unit
(CPU) of a computer to reduce the average time to access data from the main
memory
answers verified to pass
Computer Architecture - correct answer ✔discipline describing the
functionality, organization, and implementation of computer systems
Computer Engineering - correct answer ✔discipline utilizing electrical
engineering and computer science to develop computer hardware and
software
Instruction Set Architecture (ISA) - correct answer ✔the part of computer
architecture related to programming, native data types, instructions, registers,
addressing modes, memory architecture, interrupt and exception handling,
and external I/O
Microarchitecture - correct answer ✔is the way a given instruction set
architecture (ISA) is implemented on a processor
Computer Cluster - correct answer ✔consists of a set of loosely or tightly
connected computers that work together so that, in many respects, they can
be viewed as a single system
Non-uniform memory access (NUMA) - correct answer ✔is a computer
memory design used in multiprocessing, where the memory access time
depends on the memory location relative to the processor
Emulator - correct answer ✔hardware or software that enables one computer
system (called the host) to behave like another computer system (called the
guest)
, Compiler - correct answer ✔a computer program (or set of programs) that
transforms source code written in a programming language (the source
language) into another computer language (the target language, often having
a binary form known as object code)
Machine Code - correct answer ✔a set of instructions executed directly by a
computer's central processing unit (CPU)
Central Processing Unit (CPU) - correct answer ✔the electronic circuitry
within a computer that carries out the instructions of a computer program by
performing the basic arithmetic, logical, control and input/output (I/O)
operations specified by the instructions
Assembly Language - correct answer ✔a low-level programming language
for a computer, or other programmable device, in which there is a very strong
(generally one-to-one) correspondence between the language and the
architecture's machine code instructions
Word - correct answer ✔a term for the natural unit of data used by a
particular processor design
Addressing Mode - correct answer ✔an aspect of the instruction set
architecture in most central processing unit (CPU) designs
Processor Register - correct answer ✔a small amount of storage available
as part of a digital processor, such as a central processing unit (CPU)
CPU Cache - correct answer ✔a cache used by the central processing unit
(CPU) of a computer to reduce the average time to access data from the main
memory
