MCQ IN COMPUTER SCIENCE & ENGINEERING

COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING

COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which component generates addresses
A
Secondary Storage
B
Processor
C
Main Memory
D
Control Unit
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Program counter (PC): Holds the address of the next instruction to be executed by the processor.

Detailed explanation-2: -The address generation unit (AGU), sometimes also called address computation unit (ACU), is an execution unit inside central processing units (CPUs) that calculates addresses used by the CPU to access main memory.

Detailed explanation-3: -A processor has four components, including a floating point unit (FPU), an arithmetic logic unit (ALU), registers, and cache memories.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Processor A physical view of a computer shows how the mechanisms of the computer actually perform these functions. The three logical units that make up the central processing unit are the arithmetic and logic unit (ALU), main storage, and the control unit.

Detailed explanation-5: -The program counter (PC) is a special register that holds the memory address of the next instruction to be executed.

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