Thursday 9 December 2010

ASIX14/12/2010




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1.What is a microprocessor?
Which was the first one?

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How much faster does the Pentium 4 run?

When was PentiumII first used?

What does MIPS stand for?
What rates can modern processors execute?
What's a chip?


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Name the three basis things a microprocessor does.
What can a data bus do?
What does the reset line do?
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What does ROM stand for?
What does the address bus tell the  ROM chip to do?
What does RAM stand for? What happens with RAM when the power goes off?
What does BIOS stand for?
What happens when the microprocessor starts ?