Across
- 2. A technique that allows overlapping of instruction execution for faster processing
- 4. The cycle of retrieving decoding and running instructions in a CPU
- 5. The part of the CPU that directs operations and coordinates data movement
- 6. A register in the CPU that stores intermediate arithmetic or logic results
- 9. The set of wires used to transfer data among computer components
- 12. An external device that provides input output or storage functions
- 13. A digital circuit that selects one of many inputs and forwards it to a single output
- 14. The organization of storage from fastest to slowest in a computer system
- 15. The main printed circuit board connecting CPU memory and peripherals
Down
- 1. The part of the CPU that performs mathematical and logical operations
- 3. The collection of commands a CPU can execute directly
- 7. High-speed memory that stores frequently used data to speed up access
- 8. Carries memory addresses specifying where data should be read or written
- 10. The central integrated circuit that performs computation and control in a computer
- 11. Small high-speed storage locations inside the CPU for temporary data
