Computer architecture: fill in the blanks · Grade 11

The word bank and sentences

Directions: Read each sentence. Choose the best word from the word bank and write it on the line. Some words are not used.

• Word bank: cross out each word as you use it
• bus · memory · firmware · execute · cache · decode gigahertz · cores · register · GPU
• 1 A · runs thousands of simple calculations in parallel.
• 2 A · stores recently used data so the processor can reach it quickly.
• 3 Clock speed is measured in ____, or billions of cycles per second.
• 4 A · is the fastest storage in a computer, but each CPU has only a few.
• 5 In the von Neumann design, programs and data share the same ____.
• 6 When a computer boots, · runs before the operating system loads.
• 7 The CPU repeats the fetch, decode, · cycle billions of times per second.
• 8 Adding more · lets a processor work on several tasks at once.
• Your turn · Write a sentence of your own that uses a word from the word bank.