COMPUTER FUNDAMENTALS

COMPUTER SOFTWARE

SYSTEM SOFTWARE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Where the result of an arithmetic and logical operation are stored?
A
In Accumulator
B
In Cache Memory
C
In ROM
D
In Instruction Registry
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Accumulator. In a computer’s central processing unit (CPU), the accumulator (ACC in the image below) is a register in which intermediate arithmetic and logic results are stored.

Detailed explanation-2: -Accumulator: It is a register used for storing intermediate results of larger computation. It keeps track of result of any arithmetic or logic operation.

Detailed explanation-3: -Typically, the ALU includes a register that it uses to store intermediate results of calculations. This register is known as the accumulator .

Detailed explanation-4: -The arithmetic logic unit (ALU) performs mathematical calculations; it is the part that computes.

Detailed explanation-5: -The ALU makes use of accumulators to store the intermediate results. Accumulators: An accumulator is a register in the CPU that stores intermediate results during arithmetic and logical operations.

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