Microprocessor is
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A multi-purpose, programmable, clock-driven, register-based electronicdevice
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A semiconductor device manufactured by using LSI technique, includingALU, register arrays & control circuits on a single chip, also known asMPU (microprocessor unit)
Microprocessor does
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Read binary instructions from memory
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Communicate with all peripherals (memory & I/Os) using system bus
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Control the timing of information flow
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Perform the computing tasks specified in a program