MICROPROCESSOR AND MICROCONTROLLER

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ARCHITECTURE OF 8085

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
When the term “central processor unit” has been in use in the computer industry?
A
since 1960s
B
since 1970s
C
since 1980s
D
since 1950s
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The “central processing unit” term has been in use since as early as 1955. Since the term “CPU” is generally defined as a device for software (computer program) execution, the earliest devices that could rightly be called CPUs came with the advent of the stored-program computer.

Detailed explanation-2: -Central Processing Unit (CPU) The CPU is the brain of a computer, containing all the circuitry needed to process input, store data, and output results. The CPU is constantly following instructions of computer programs that tell it which data to process and how to process it.

Detailed explanation-3: -CPU (central processing unit) is an older term for processor and microprocessor, the central unit in a computer containing the logic circuitry that performs the instructions of a computer’s programs.

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