Systems Architecture
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Chapter 2, Problem 6RQ
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Main memory:
- Main memory is internal to the computer and is also referred to as physical memory.
- Main memory is also known as primary storage or simply memory which contains billions of storage locations.
- It holds
program instructions that are executing currently as well as data processed by these instructions...
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Difference between main memory and registers:
| Main memory | Registers |
| Main memory holds the data that will be required for processing. | Registers hold the data that CPU is currently processing. |
| Main memory is the slowest but works fast in a computer... |
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Ch. 2 - What are registers? What are their functions?
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