Across
- 1. The type of computer have multiple physical CPUs is___computer
- 8. is a register on a CPU that contains the address of the next instruction the CPU will execute
- 13. the communication routes, between the CPUs called
- 15. small program inside the chip must interpret and execute each instruction
- 16. predicts what data will be needed and makes that data available in cache before it is needed
- 17. CPU is kept informed of the status of the computer’s resources and devices, such as the memory and disk drives, by information transported on
- 18. carries address signals to indicate where data should be read from or written to in the system’s memory
- 20. is the list of machine code commands that the CPU supports.
Down
- 2. is the ability of the CPU to perform more than one task on a single clock cycle
- 3. is a computer program that takes a high-level language and turns it into assembly code that is executed by the CPU
- 4. allows computer components share information each other
- 5. carries the actual data that is being read from or written to system memory
- 6. is an address that a CPU begins reading from whenever the CPU receives a reset signal
- 7. is a temporary holding location on a CPU where data must be placed before the CPU can use it
- 9. determines which process to execute when multiple processes are waiting to run
- 10. The speed of the CPU is called___clock
- 11. is a series of lanes that are used to communicate between the CPU and other major parts of the computer
- 12. allows two threads to run on each CPU core simultaneously
- 14. is the part of a CPU that reads and executes machine code
- 19. carries status signals between the CPU and other devices
