DATA PROCESSING SSS2 SECOND TERM

WEEK 1

COMPUTER DATA CONVERSION

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Register

This is a special high-speed storage area within the CPU. All data must be represented in a register before it can be processed, for example, if two numbers are to be multiplied, both numbers must be in registers, and the result must be placed in a register. (The register can contain the address of a memory location where data is stored rather than the actual data itself.)

Address

An address is used to reference a storage location in the main memory. You can think of computer memory as an array of storage boxes, each of them has an address (a unique number) assigned to it.

Bus

A collection of wires through which data is transmitted from one part of a computer to another.  You can think of a bus as a highway on which data.... View More