Certainly! Below is a structured list that organizes the terms you've provided along with their respective definitions or descriptions:
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Addressability: The number of bits stored in each addressable location in memory.
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Arithmetic/Logic Unit (ALU): The computer component that performs arithmetic operations and logical operations.
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Response area:
- A device that accepts data to be stored in memory (for references to memory).
- A type of small, high-speed memory used to hold frequently used data (for cache memory).
- A combination of the ALU and the control unit; the "brain" of a computer that interprets and executes instructions (for CPU).
- The device that prints or displays data stored in memory (for output unit).
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Register: A small storage area in the CPU used to store intermediate values or special data (for registers that keep track of instructions).
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Motherboard: The main circuit board of a personal computer.
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Bus Width: The number of bits that can be transferred in parallel over the bus.
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Pipelining: A technique that breaks an instruction into smaller steps that can be overlapped.
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Access Time: The time it takes for a block to start being read; the sum of seek time and latency.
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Latency: The time it takes for the read/write head to get positioned over the specified track.
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Sector: A small storage area on a disk that holds data.
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Track: A concentric circle on the surface of a disk.
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Seek Time: The time taken for the read/write head of the disk to position itself over the correct track.
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Cylinder: A set of concentric tracks on all surfaces of a disk.
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Synchronous Processing: The situation in which multiple processors need to apply the same program in lockstep to multiple data sets.
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Instruction Register (IR): The register that contains the instruction currently being executed.
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Program Counter (PC): The register that contains the address of the next instruction to be executed.
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Cache Memory: A type of small, high-speed memory used to hold frequently used data.
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Output Unit: A device that prints or otherwise displays data stored in memory or makes a permanent copy of information stored in memory or another device.
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Shared Memory: A memory area that can be accessed by multiple processors, allowing them to share data.
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