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What’s the memory address register (MAR) |
Holds memory adores of the data needing the bye accessed by the CPU |
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What’s the memory data register do (MDR) |
Holds the data being transferred to or from the memory location by the CPU |
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What’s Main Memory |
It’s what is directly accessible to it by the CPU |
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What’s Volatile memory |
Memory loses its data when power is lost |
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What does Non volatile Memory mean |
Memory retains it data when power is lost |
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What is the RAM’s function |
Is to Load open programs and operating system data currently in use from slower secondary storage, |
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What is the ROM’s function and what does it stand for |
Read only memory Can only be read , so can’t be changed one programmed and needed to boot computer |
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What is Cache |
A type of memory that stores copies of frequently used data |
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Factors that effect CPU performance |
1. Clock Speed 2. Cache size 3. Cache type 4. Number if cores |
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What is binary data |
It stores all data in computer represented by binary digits |
