Tutorial - Chapter 4

4. _________ connect processor to main memory and is part of motherboard.

5. The processor is also called the _____________.

6. The __________ is the component of a processor that directs and coordinates most of the operations in the computer.

7. A(n) _________ is part of the motherboard and connects the processor to peripherals.

8. The following are cooling effects required to prevent processor chip from malfunction except _________.

9. Memory consists of electronic components that store ____________.

10. ___________technology provides high speeds and consumes little power.

11. __________ is the time it takes the processor to read data, instructions and information from memory.

The Arithmetic Logic Unit (ALU) is the component of the processor that directs and coordinates most of the operations in the computer.

A computer chip is a small piece of semi-conducing material, usually silicon, on which integrated circuits are etched.

Read-Only Memory (ROM) refers to memory chips storing temporary data and instructions.

A backside bus is part of the motherboard and connects the processor to peripherals.

Clock speed is the amount of time it takes the processor to read data, instructions and information from memory.

Memory consists of electronic components that store instructions waiting to be executed by the processor, data needed by those instructions, and the results of processing the data.

Access time is time the processor to read data, instructions and information from memory is measured in nanoseconds.

A multi-core processor is a single chip with two or more separate processor cores.

For every instruction, a processor repeats a set of four basic operations, which comprise a machine cycle.

Memory cache slows the processes of the computer because it stores frequently used instructions and data.

Complementary Metal-Oxide Semiconductor (CMOS) technology provides high speeds and consumes little power.

Flash memory is a volatile memory that can be erased electronically and rewritten.

The system clock controls the timing of all computer operations, measured by the number of ticks per second.