Systems Architecture
Systems Architecture
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ISBN: 9781305080195
Author: Stephen D. Burd
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Chapter 2, Problem 6RQ

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Main memory:

  • Main memory is internal to the computer and is also referred to as physical memory.
  • Main memory is also known as primary storage or simply memory which contains billions of storage locations.
  • It holds program instructions that are executing currently as well as data processed by these instructions...

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Difference between main memory and registers:

Main memoryRegisters
Main memory holds the data that will be required for processing.Registers hold the data that CPU is currently processing.
Main memory is the slowest but works fast in a computer...

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