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CPU - central processing
unit, attached to
motherboard, processes data
and instructions by
constantly repeating F.D.E
cycle.
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Control Unit ( CU ) =
decodes instructions
following the F.D.E cycle +
issues controls signals that
control hardware + control
data flow, directing the
operations of the CPU.
-  MAR : holds any memory address
Arithmetic Logic Unit
( ALU ) = carries out logic
AND/OR and arithmetic *-
+ calculations.
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Cache = very fast memory,
faster than RAM + stores
The way a computer is In the Control Unit : PC Program
structured and designed is Counter
known as architecture.
 Holds memory address of the
- instruction for each cycle.
One common type of -
The
architecture is Von In the Arithmetic Logic Unit : ACC
Neumann’s architecture. Accumulator
 Holds data being processed and results
of calculations in the ALU.
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In the Registers : MAR Memory
Address Register & MDR Memory
CPU
Computer Science 1.1 Data Register
about to be used by CPU ( address can
indicate to data / instruction )
 MDR : holds the actual data /
instruction – this may be fetched from
memory or be waiting to be written to
memory.
✎ Memory holds the program instructions &
program data.a