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The Fetch-Decode-Execute Cycle Step by Step
Trace the fetch-decode-execute cycle, describing what happens at each stage.
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Computer Architecture: The CPU and Memory
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Explain how a CPU works including the fetch-execute cycle, and compare types of storage.
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CS-10General Certificate of Secondary Education (GCSE) · Computer-science · 10th GradeUnderstand characteristics of systems architectures, including CPU architecture, the role of CPU components in the fetch-execute cycle, main and contemporary secondary storage, data capacity, hardware components and embedded systems
CS-4General Certificate of Secondary Education (GCSE) · Computer-science · 10th GradeUnderstand how particular programs and algorithms work