COMPUTER FUNDAMENTALS

COMPUTER HARDWARE

MOTHERBOARDS AND EXPANSION CARDS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
____ is a temporary storage area of memory that stores the contents of frequently used data or instructions.
A
cache
B
RAM
C
read-only memory (ROM)
D
processor
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -cache memory, also called cache, supplementary memory system that temporarily stores frequently used instructions and data for quicker processing by the central processing unit (CPU) of a computer.

Detailed explanation-2: -Cache memory. This temporary storage area, known as a cache, is more readily available to the processor than the computer’s main memory source.

Detailed explanation-3: -Registers are temporary storage areas for instructions or data.

Detailed explanation-4: -Cache memory is a chip-based computer component that makes retrieving data from the computer’s memory more efficient. It acts as a temporary storage area that the computer’s processor can retrieve data from easily.

Detailed explanation-5: -Temporary storage is the primary CICS® facility for storing data that must be available to multiple transactions. Data items that are in temporary storage are kept in queues whose names are assigned dynamically by the program that is storing the data.

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