FDE Terminology

3. contains the address of the instruction being executed at the current time. As each instruction gets fetched, the value increases its stored value by 1.
5. Goes to the address of the requested instruction from memory
6. Holds the instruction that is currently being decoded and executed
8. a computer bus that is used by the CPU to communicate with devices that are contained within the computer
10. a single computer bus that connects the major components of a computer system, combining the functions of a data bus to carry information, an address bus to determine where it should be sent, and a control bus to determine its operation
11. a system within a computer or device, consisting of a connector or set of wires, that provides transportation for data

1. Temporarily stores information inside the CPU
2. The instruction cycle is the cycle that the central processing unit follows from boot-up until the computer has shut down in order to process instructions
4. It tells the computer's memory, arithmetic and logic unit and input and output devices how to respond to the instructions that have been sent to the processor
5. Goes to the address to fetch the data
6. main processor or just processor, is the electronic circuitry within a computer that executes instructions that make up a computer program
7. a computer bus architecture. It is used to transfer data between devices. The devices are identified by the hardware address of the physical memory
9. The register that does all of the Arithmetic and Logical calculations
12. Stores the value of the calculations performed