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  WhataretheFunctionsofcomputer?

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2020-01-20 18:45
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  ATYPICALCOMPUTERSYSTEM

  Atypicaldigitalcomputerconsistsof:

  a)Acentralprocessorunit(CPU)

  b)Amemory

  c)Input/output(1/0)ports

  ThememoryservesasaplacetostoreInstructions,thecodedpiecesofinformationthatdirecttheactivitiesoftheCPU,andData,thecodedpiecesofinformationthatareprocessedbytheCPU.AgroupoflogicallyrelatedinstructionsstoredinmemoryisreferredtoasaProgram.TheCPU"reads"eachinstructionfrommemoryinalogicallydeterminedsequence,andusesittoinitiateprocessingactions.Iftheprogramsequenceiscoherentandlogical,processingtheprogramwillproduceintelligibleandusefulresults.

  Thememoryisalsousedtostorethedatatobemanipulated,aswellastheinstructionsthatdirectthatmanipulationTheprogrammustbeorganizedsuchthattheCPUdoesnotreadanon-instructionwordwhenitexpectstoseeaninstruction.TheCPUcanrapidlyaccessanydatastoredinmemory;butoftenthememoryisnotlargeenoughtostoretheentiredatabankrequiredforaparticularapplication.TheproblemcanberesolvedbyprovidingthecomputerwithoneormoreInputPorts.TheCPUcanaddresstheseportsandinputthedatacontainedthere.Theadditionofinputportsenablesthecomputertoreceiveinformationfromexternalequipment(suchasapapertapereaderorfloppydisk)athighratesofspeedandinlargevolumes.

  AcomputeralsorequiresoneormoreOutputPortsthatpermittheCPUtocommunicatetheresultofitsprocessingtotheoutsideworld.Theoutputmaygotoadisplay,forusebyahumanoperator,toaperipheraldevicethatproduces"hardcopy,"suchasaline-printer,toaperipheralstoragedevice,suchasafloppydiskunit,ortheoutputmayconstituteprocesscontrolsignalsthatdirecttheoperationsofanothersystem,suchasanautomatedassemblyline.Likeinputports,outputportsareaddressable.Theinputandoutputportstogetherpermittheprocessortocommunicatewiththeoutsideworld.

  TheCPUunifiesthesystem.Itcontrolsthefunctionsperformedbytheothercomponents.TheCPUmustbeabletofetchinstructionsfrommemory,decodetheirbinarycontentsandexecutethem.Itmustalsobeabletoreferencememoryand1/0portsasnecessaryintheexecutionofinstructions.Inaddition,theCPUshouldbeabletorecognizeandrespondtocertainexternalcontrolsignals,suchasINTERRUPTandWAITrequests.ThefunctionalunitswithinaCPUthatenableittoperformthesefunctionsaredescribedbelow.

2020-01-20 18:47:29

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