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The instruction set is the list of all the instructions, and all their variations, that a processor (or in the case of a virtual machine, an interpreter) can execute.
Instructions include:
- Arithmetic such as add and subtract
- Logic instructions such as and, or, and not
- Data instructions such as move, input, output, load, and store
- Control flow instructions such as goto, if ... goto, call, and return.
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What is a basic set of commands permanently built into the CPU chip to perform fundamental operations such as comparing or adding two numbers?
CPU's vary For example, a 6502 processor has instructions liks ADC (add with carry), CMP (compare), CPX (Compare A with X) and CPY (Compare A with Y)
Instructions which are permanently built into the processor chip are called what?
the correct answer is Microcode
Instructions which are permanently built into the processor chip are called?
Microcode.
Are instructions which are permanently built into the processor chip called microcode?
Called Microcode
What kind of chip is is a blank ROM chip onto which a programmer can write permanently?
PROM
How do you control a motherboard?
Unless you plan on creating a motherboard, you control it via input. (Keyboard commands or now-a-days, clicks with your mouse on basic macro-type commands through your operating system). Usually, the northbridge chip is responsible for this.
What is a computer processing power?
The central processing unit (CPU) is a chip built into a computer that performs basic calculations that allow the computer to run. Processing power is a measurement of how powerful this chip is, i.e. how fast it can do the required calculations.
What is a kind of ROM chip that contains permanently written data instructions or information that is recorded when the chip is manufactured?
Flash Memory
Permanently etched programs on a chip to begin executing the computer's instructions is called?
Bios
What chip contains the system bios and holds data permanently without electicity?
ROM is incorrect, its Flash Rom
DS1302 RTC Chip?
RTC stands for Real Time Clock. The DS1302 RTC Chip is referred to as the Real Time Clock or a TimeKeeping Chip. THe DS1302 RTC Chip has a built in Trickle-Charger.
The basic input and output system is stored on what type of chip?
ROM
