The system performance can be improved by placing a small, fast acting buffer memory between the processor and the main memory. This buffer memory is called ____________.

______________ refers to the set of CPU resistors that serves as working memory, storing temporary results during program execution.

Which of the following terms relates to an art of putting together components to arrive at a system that performs well according to a set of clearly specified goals from the user's point of view?

Which of the following carries a word to/ from a memory?

Which of the following interrupts is issued by the CPU itself when it detects that something is wrong or needs special attention?

__________ is issued when a user program needs to make a system call to the operating system.

In which of the following approaches is the sequence of control words corresponding to the control sequence of a machine instruction constitutes the microroutine for that instruction?

The part of an operating system that resides more or less continuously in the main memory and consists of its most frequently used part is called ________________.

____________ register is designated to hold the result of an operation performed by the ALU.

Which of the following acts as nerve center for the other units?

__________ transfers an item of information from the processor to a specific memory location and destroys the former contents of that location.

__________ is a special memory in which the microroutines corresponding to the instruction set of a computer are stored.

__________ refers to the function and design of various units of the computer.

In _________the contents of the memory location pointed by the program counter are fetched and loaded into the instruction register.

The CPU address register called ______________ automatically keeps track of the stack entry point.

In which of the following are all control signals required inside the CPU can be generated using a state counter and a PLA circuit?