COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE
MEMORY SYSTEMS
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Question
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Which type of storage is directly accessible to the CPU?
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Primary
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Secondary
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Offline
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None of the above
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Primary storage. Primary storage (also known as main memory, internal memory, or prime memory), often referred to simply as memory, is the only one directly accessible to the CPU.
Detailed explanation-2: -Random Access Memory, or RAM, is the primary storage of a computer–the hardware where the operating system (OS), application programs and data in current use are kept so they can be quickly reached by the device’s processor.
Detailed explanation-3: -Data stored in primary memory can be directly accessed by the CPU, which cannot be accessed in secondary memory.
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