COMPUTER FUNDAMENTALS

COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE

MEMORY SYSTEMS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Whenever the data is found in the cache memory it is called as ____
A
HIT
B
MISS
C
FOUND
D
ERROR
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Explanation: Whenever the data is found in the cache memory, it is called as Cache HIT. CPU first checks in the cache memory since it is closest to the CPU.

Detailed explanation-2: -What Is a Cache Miss? A cache miss is an event in which a system or application makes a request to retrieve data from a cache, but that specific data is not currently in cache memory. Contrast this to a cache hit, in which the requested data is successfully retrieved from the cache.

Detailed explanation-3: -When a computer’s CPU accesses its internal memory, it first checks to see if the information it needs is stored in the cache. If it is, the cache returns the data to the CPU. If the information is not in the cache, the CPU retrieves it from the main memory.

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