Exam 5: Computer Systems Organization

The set of all operations that can be executed by a processor is called its I/O set.

Explain at length what scalability means.

When a computer needs a piece of information, does it immediately perform the memory fetch operation? If not, what does it do?

Examples of volatile memory are mass storage devices such as disks and tapes. _________________________

The instructions that can be decoded and executed by the control unit of a computer are represented in machine language.

The ____ operation in Von Neumann machines uses a special set of bits known as condition codes.

What are the four major subsystems of the Von Neumann architecture?

Computer manufacturers use a standard cell size of ________ bits.

The ____ of a disk is the time needed to position the read/write head over the correct track.

It is the task of the ____ to fetch and execute instructions.