N5 Computer Systems

Name the 3 components of the processor?

Arithmetic Logic Unit, Control Unit, Registers.

Which part of the processor carries out calculations?

Arithmetic Logic Unit

Which part of the processor temporarily stores data that is being processed?

Registers

Which part of the processor sends out signals that fetch instructions from the main memory?

Control Unit

Which part of the memory holds the boot strap loader

Read Only Memory (ROM)

Which part of the main memory stores data temporarily?

RAM

How is each memory location indetified in the main memory

A unquie address

Describe the purpose of the address bus

The address bus is used to transfer which memory location is to be used to read data from or to write data to

What language does the computer understand?

Low level language

What is high level language?

Computer language that humans can understand

Which translator will translate a line at a time?

An interpreter

Which translator will translate the whole code at once.

A compiler

Describe one advantage of an interpreter

It translates lines of code one at a time, making it easier to identify errors and edit.

Describe one advantage of a compiler

It translated the whole code, making it much quicker.

Identify the type of translator that reports errors at the end of the translation?

A Compiler

Indentify the type of translator that needs to be present in memory each time the program is executed?

An Interpreter