3 Hardware

Q1. Name three buses in the J.V.Neumann Architecture.

Ans: The three buses in the J.V.Neumann architecture are:
1. Control Bus
2. Data Bus
3. Register Bus
Q2. Define the following:
Address Bus: The address bus carries addresses between the CPU and the
memory. The bus is unidirectional, so the addresses are not carried back
to the CPU. Wider the bus, the more memory location can be accessed.
Data Bus: The data bus can carry data from the CPU to the memory or
in/from input/output devices. This bus is bi-directional, so it goes both
ways. The data can be an address, instruction or a numerical value.
Wider the bus, the larger the word length that can be transported.
Control Bus: The control bus is bi-directional. It carries signals from the
control unit (CU) to all the other computer components.