Computer Architecture
Across
- 3. The phase where the actual operation specified by the instruction is performed.
- 5. The software that allows a computer to perform specific tasks.
- 9. A device that provides data to a computer.
- 10. The primary processing unit of a computer.
- 12. Temporary storage used by the CPU to hold data and instructions.
- 14. Non-volatile storage used to hold data permanently.
Down
- 1. The basic unit of data storage.
- 2. The process of retrieving an instruction from memory.
- 4. A component that sends data from a computer to another device.
- 5. The component responsible for arithmetic and logic operations.
- 6. The address of the next instruction to be executed by the CPU.
- 7. A system that connects computers and allows them to communicate.
- 8. The phase where the CPU interprets the fetched instruction.
- 11. A type of software that manages computer hardware.
- 13. The main memory of a computer.
- 14. Memory that can be read from but not written to.