Practice - Working Principle of Computers
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Practice Questions
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What does CPU stand for?
💡 Hint: Think about the brain of the computer.
What is the purpose of the Program Counter?
💡 Hint: It's like holding a place in a book.
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Interactive Quizzes
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What does the CPU do?
💡 Hint: Think about the main job of a computer's brain.
True or False: The Program Counter directly executes instructions.
💡 Hint: Consider what component executes the instructions.
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Challenge Problems
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Discuss how the increase in the number of CPU registers might influence the performance of a computer system.
💡 Hint: Consider how data flow could be improved with additional registers.
Create a simple instruction format based on what you've learned, defining the opcode and the operand.
💡 Hint: Think about how you could differentiate operations with binary representation.
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