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Coa Lab1
Coa Lab1
that it creates a virtual version of it, often for the purpose of instruction or
experiment.
A debugger is a software program used to test and find bugs (errors) in other
programs.
Registers are a type of computer memory used to quickly accept, store, and transfer
data and instructions that are being used immediately by the CPU.
A stack pointer is a small register that stores the address of the last program
request in a stack.
An arithmetic logic unit (ALU) is a digital circuit used to perform arithmetic and
logic operations.
control unit (CU) is a component of a computer's central processing unit (CPU) that
directs the operation of the processor.
program counter (PC) is a register that manages the memory address of the
instruction to be executed next.