COMPUTER FUNDAMENTALS

COMPUTER SOFTWARE

TYPES OF SOFTWARE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
The memory that a CPU can access directly is called ​ (a), which stores bootstrap instructions.
A
primary memory
B
RAM
C
ROM
D
secondary memory
E
hard disk
F
solid state drive
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The correct answer is RAM. Key Points. The word RAM stands for Random Access Memory. It is a very fast internal memory of the CPU.

Detailed explanation-2: -The correct answer is Register Memory. Registers are small memory locations that are located directly on the CPU chip itself. The data stored within them is directly available to the CPU and can be accessed extremely quickly.

Detailed explanation-3: -Detailed Solution The first instructor of the bootstrap loader program of an operating system is stored in BIOS(Basic Input/Output System). The bootstrap loader is a programme that resides on the EPROM, ROM or other non-volatile memory of the machine.

Detailed explanation-4: -The correct answer is cache memory. Cache memory is a memory that temporarily stores frequently used instructions and data for quicker processing by the central processing unit (CPU) of a computer. It is used to store program data that is currently being executed in the CPU.

Detailed explanation-5: -The processor can’t directly access the information that is stored in the ROM. In order to access ROM information first, the information is transferred into the RAM, and then it can be executed by the processor. Both R (read) and W (write) operations can be performed over the information which is stored in the RAM.

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