| Jerry | Date: Monday, 26/09/2011, 11:55 AM | Message # 1 |
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*The Address is a form of data that links to a Memory Slot in the RAM to wich the CPU wants to.
*This is important because otherwise the CPU can not find any data that it needs.
Registers
*Registers are memory slots in the CPU that are capable of holding Data, Addresses and Words.
*Registers can only hold one Word or Address at a time.
Words
*A words is a group of Bytes (4 in a 32 -Bit system and 8 in a 64 - Bit system) that contains information that the CPU wants. (1 Byte is made out of 8 Bits.)
*A Word is a chunk of data that is sent from the Primary memory to a register in the CPU.
Note: The size of a word usually is the size of a register!
Sources:
Jones, Richard. Computer Science Java Enabled. Victoria: IBID Press, 2004.
Word, Register And Address. Russo, Anthony, (Medium: Power Point Presentation) 2010.
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