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15 Cards in this Set
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Arithmetic and Logic Unit |
Carries out arithmetic calculations (+-*/) and logical operations such as AND or NOT |
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Control |
Responsible for initiating the fetching, decoding and execution of instructionsw |
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Memory Address Register (MAR) |
Holds the address of the memory location where data is to be written to/read from. |
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Memory Data Register (MDR) |
Holds the data that is to be written to or read from memory |
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Buses |
Multiple wires/lines that connect the processor and main memory |
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Low level language |
Programming language closer to the computer's hardware e.g. binary |
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High level language |
Programming language closer to human's language e.g. English-like |
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Machine code |
A low level language based on binary instructions: 01000111 |
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Assembly code |
A low level language based on pneumonic which is hard ware development |
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Translator |
A program that translates a high level language into machine code |
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Compiler |
Translates a high level language to a low level language in a single operation |
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Interpreter |
Translates a high level language to a low level language by translating a line of code and then executing it |
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Procedural |
Programming language which uses well-structured steps and procedures to compose a program |
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Declarative |
Programming language which consists of facts and rules to create a knowledge base |
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Object Oriented |
Programming language organised around classes of objects and methods that can be performed on them |
