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holds the address of the next instruction

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what is the purpose of a memory address register

stores the address of a memory location

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what is the purpose of the memory data register

holds data ready to be used

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what is the purpose of the control unit

manages instructions and coordinates the flow of data and instructions throughout the cpu

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what is the purpose of the arithmetic logical unit

performs mathematical equations and logical decisions to carry out operations and processes

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what is the purpose of the accumulator

stores results produced by the CPU

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what does a cpu use to excecute instructions