C2 Section 1: Hardware and Communication: revision quiz and key terms
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In the Von Neumann architecture, how are program instructions and data stored?
Without agreed standards, devices from different manufacturers might fail to communicate.
Which secondary storage device stores data using magnetised areas on spinning platters?
A solid state drive has moving parts that read data from a spinning disk.
In assembly language, what is the role of the opcode in an instruction?
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Key terms for C2 Section 1: Hardware and Communication
- Assembly language
- Uses short, human-readable mnemonics for machine code instructions.
- Handshaking
- A process used to establish agreed communication parameters between devices.
- L1 cache
- Typically the smallest and fastest level of cache.
- Memory Address Register (MAR)
- A register that holds the address of the memory location about to be read from or written to.
- Pipelining
- Overlapping the fetch, decode and execute stages of different instructions to improve processor throughput.
- SMTP
- A protocol used for sending electronic mail between mail servers.
- Von Neumann architecture
- A computer design in which instructions and data are stored together in the same memory.
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- C2 Section 1: Architecture
- C2 Section 1: Fetch-Execute Cycle and Assembly Language
- C2 Section 1: Input/Output
- C2 Section 1: Networking
- C2 Section 1: Secondary Storage Devices
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