INTRODUCTION TO MICROPEOCESSOR
MICROPROCESSOR TERMINOLOGY
|
Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
|
|
|
TRUE
|
|
|
FALSE
|
|
|
Either A or B
|
|
|
None of the above
|
Detailed explanation-1: -The arithmetic logic unit (ALU) performs the arithmetic and logical functions that are the work of the computer. There are other general purpose registers that hold the input data, and the accumulator receives the result of the operation.
Detailed explanation-2: -An accumulator machine, also called a 1-operand machine, or a CPU with accumulator-based architecture, is a kind of CPU where, although it may have several registers, the CPU mostly stores the results of calculations in one special register, typically called “the accumulator".
Detailed explanation-3: -In general, the ALU includes storage places for input operands, operands that are being added, the accumulated result (stored in an accumulator) and shifted results.