chap 6

The motherboard is sometimes called a(n) ______ board.

• processor

• system

• unit

• security

A(n) ______ can act as an electronic switch that opens or closes the circuits for electrical charges.

• conductor

• operator

• transistor

• processor

CPU stands for central ______ unit.

• protection

• packet

• plasma

• processing

The ______ interprets and carries out the basic instructions that operate a computer.

• motherboard

• processor

• transistor

• circuit board

The ______ is the component of the processor that directs and coordinates most of the operations in the computer.

• CPU

• ALU

• control unit

• dashboard

 The ______ is the component of the processor that performs arithmetic and comparison operations.

• CPU

• ALU

• control unit

• calculator

______ refers to the process of translating instructions into signals the computer can execute.

• Decoding

  
  

• Decryption

• Digitalization

• Deconstruction

 A(n) ______ is the smallest unit of data a computer can process.

• bit

• 0

• character

• digit

A byte's ______ is a unique number that identifies the location of a byte in memory.

• address

• ID

• tag

• position

You explain that when the ALU performs calculations on data, it is part of the ______ process in the machine cycle.

• fetching

• decoding

• executing

• storing