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Components of a Computer

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Total cards: 19•Content version: v4•Public deck•Updated: 8/1/2026

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#1
Front (Question)

Control Unit (CU)

Back (Answer)

Controls TWDMATCPUBCTBTTFDEC

#2
Front (Question)

Arithmetic Logic Unit (ALU)

Back (Answer)

Processes AALOITCPUAISITACC

#3
Front (Question)

Busses

Back (Answer)

connect registers to MM

#4
Front (Question)

Data Bus

Back (Answer)

Moves ADBTCPUAMMAIB

#5
Front (Question)

Address Bus

Back (Answer)

Transmits TMAOD/ISTTCBEBTCPU

#6
Front (Question)

Control Bus

Back (Answer)

Carries TSTRDFAAS. CWTOSARWAIOO

#7
Front (Question)

Registers

Back (Answer)

type of memory that hold temporary data while program is running (very fast)

#8
Front (Question)

Program Counter (PC)

Back (Answer)

Stores TLOTNITBE

#9
Front (Question)

Memory Address Register (MAR)

Back (Answer)

Stores TLOTNITBFFROFWDISTBWT

#10
Front (Question)

Memory Data Register (MDR)

Back (Answer)

Temporarily SETDBRFOWTROTIFFR

#11
Front (Question)

Current Instruction Register (CIR)

Back (Answer)

Stores TICBE

#12
Front (Question)

Accumulator (ACC)

Back (Answer)

Stores TROTCDBTALU

#13
Front (Question)

DRAW THE THING FROM MEMORY

Back (Answer)

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#14
Front (Question)

Fetch-Decode-Execute

Back (Answer)

retrieving an instruction from memory, decoding it and carrying it out

#15
Front (Question)

Central Processing Unit (CPU)

Back (Answer)

brains of the computer

#16
Front (Question)

Clock Speed

Back (Answer)

regulates the internal components of the computer by issuing a high-frequency signal clock speed determines how quickly the central processing unit (CPU) can retrieve and interpret instructions

#17
Front (Question)

Cores

Back (Answer)

small CPU/processor built into a big CPU

#18
Front (Question)

Cache

Back (Answer)

hardware or software component that stores data so future requests for data can be faster

#19
Front (Question)

Pipelining

Back (Answer)

set of data processing elements connected in series, where the output of one element is the input of the next one