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It is easy to include (append) one parity bit either to the left of MSB or to the right of LSB of original bit stream.

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Parity Code

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Architecture is concerned with how features (attributes) are implemented control signals, interfaces, memory technology

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False

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______ are used to correct the error(s) present in the received data (bit stream) so that, we will get the original data.

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Error correction codes

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Baer defines computer architecture as "the design of the integrated system which provides a useful tool to the programmer"

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True

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As logic density has increased, it has become possible to have a cache on the same chip as the processor: the on-chip cache

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Multilevel caches

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A level-triggered interrupt is requested by holding the interrupt signal at its particular (high or low) active logic level.

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The operand is treated as a two's complement integer, meaning that the most significant bit is a "sign" bit and is preserved.

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______ can handle CPU, direct memory access (DMA) and video refresh at the same time by utilizing a high-speed video interface.

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A microprocessor is an integrated circuit (IC) which incorporates core functions of a computer’s central processing unit (CPU).

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The 1960s saw large mainframe computers become much more common in large industries and with the US military and space program.

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It is a compromise that exhibits the strengths of both the direct and associative approaches while reducing their disadvantages.

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The __________ is used in systems in which the CPU should not be disabled for the length of time needed for burst transfer modes.

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Processors typically have an internal interrupt mask register which allows selective enabling and disabling of hardware interrupts.

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A software interrupt is requested by the processor itself upon executing particular instructions or when certain conditions are met.

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In multiprogramming environment, the OS decides which process gets the processor when and for how much time. This function is called?

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The status _______ are various individual signals that convey supplemental information about the result of the current ALU operation.

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Word Width is the number of bits in the internal data bus of a processor or it is the number of bits a processor can process at a time

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The first substantial computer was the giant ENIAC machine by John W. Mauchly and J. Presper Eckert at the University of Pennsylvania.

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____________ is a set of conductors intended to transmit data, address or control information to different elements in a microprocessor.

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