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A machine that can store and process information.

Computer

Car

Televiion

Super Compiter

It is considered with the way hardware components are connected together to form a computer system

Computer Organization

Computer Architecture

Computer Mainframes

Super Computer

It is concerned with the structure and behavior of a computer system as seen by the user

Computer Organization

Computer Architecture

Computer Mainframes

Super Computer

It describes the processor of what assembly language programmer sees

Computer Organization

Computer Architecture

Infrastructure Set Architecture

Microarchitecture

Converts assembly language to machine language

Assembler

Compuler

Interpreter

Arduino

Design of blocks defined in the microarchitecture at the register-transfer and gate levels

Logic Implementation

Circuit Implementation

Physical Implementation

Hardware Implementation

The way in which the components are interrelated

Hardware

Software

Function

Structure

Transistor-level design of basic elements (gates, multiplexers, latches) as well as of ALUs or caches

Logic Implementation

Circuit Implementation

Physical Implementation

Hardware Implementation

It is a principle that states the performance improvement of a system as a whole is limited by its bottlenecks

Moore's Law

Amdahl's Law

Newton's Law

Boyle's Law

A control unit manages the computer resources and orchestrates the performance of its functional parts in response to instruction

Data Procesing

Data Storage

Control

Data Movement

The computer’s operating environment consists of devices that serve as either sources or destination of data

Data Movement

Control

Data Storage

Data Processing

In computer system, CPU stands for?

Central Processing Unit

Central Programming Unit

Center Processor Unit

Center Processing Unit

performs the computer’s data processing functions

I/O

ALU

Main Memory

Contemporary computers generally have ___________

Multiple Processor

No Processors

Dedicated Processors

Single Processors

It is rigid, flat board that holds and interconnects chips and other electronic components

LCD

USB

LED

PCB

It lets the processor perform an instruction in multiple steps

Pipelining

Non-Pipelining

Storing

Multicore

When several instructions are in partial execution, and if they reference same data then the problem arises

Data Hazards

Branching

Data Dependency

Interrupts

It arises when an instruction depends upon the result of a previous instruction but this result is not yet available

Data Dependency

Interrupts

Branching

Data Hazards

It describes how quickly a given system can execute a program or programs

Performance

Turnaround

Throughput

Program

Response time is also known as:

Turnaround Time

Performance

Throughput

Execution Time

Clock cycle time is the reciprocal of:

Instruction Count

Performance

Frequency

Execution Time

If Machine A is faster than Machine B, it means that response time is lower than on:

Machine A

Machine B

Machine C

Machine D

Ultra LSI computers were first invented in

1991

1957

1972

1946

The first generation of computers were:

Transistors

Vacuum Tubes

Ultra LSI

VLSI

Instruction cycle has Fetch cycle and _______

Execution Cycle

Machine Cycle

SDLC Cycle

Acylic

The transistor was invented in

Bell Labs

AT&T

TRADIC

ARPA

It produced the first relatively capacious semiconductor memory

TRADIC

AT&T

Bell Labs

Fair Child

The ________ was the first chip invented by Intel

4004

8080

8085

8086

The year when Pentium was first introduced

1993

1991

1989

1982

A program runs in 15 seconds on Computer A that has 750 MHz clock. If you want to build Computer B to run the same program in 11 seconds with 1.4 times as many clock cycles as computer A, what clock rate should be used

143.1818 Mhz

1.431818 GHz

14.3181818 Hz

1.43181818 MHz

Given the clock cycle per program of 10 and clock cycle time of 1.25 ns, find the CPU time

1.25 ns

12.5 ns

125 ns

0.125 ns

If computer A run a program in 10 seconds and computer B runs the same program in 15 seconds, how much faster is A than B?

2 times faster

3 times faster

1.5 times faster

4 times faster

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