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Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Instructions received by the CPU are stored where?
A
RAM
B
Hard Disk Drive
C
Registers
D
Storage device
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The instruction register holds the instruction currently being executed. Registers related to fetching information from RAM, a collection of storage registers located on separate chips from the CPU: Memory buffer register (MBR), also known as memory data register (MDR)

Detailed explanation-2: -The CPU reads data and instructions from memory, and then stores the results of computations in main memory. RAM is the main memory, which stands for random access memory.

Detailed explanation-3: -Register variable values are stored in CPU registers, rather than in memory where, normal variables are stored. Registers are temporary storage units in CPU. They allow faster access time for register variables than normal variables.

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