Lesson 10 of 14 · about 14 min
The CPU: fetch, decode, execute
A program is a list of simple instructions stored in memory as numbers. The CPU repeats one cycle forever. Fetch the next instruction, work out what it means, do it.
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- CPU
- Fetch–decode–execute
- Stored program
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