Instruction cycle
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instruction-cycle-209-1161041
title:
Instruction cycle
text:
The instruction cycle is the cycle that the central processing unit (CPU) follows from boot-up until the computer has shut down in order to process instructions. It is composed of three main stages: the fetch stage, the decode stage, and the execute stage. In simpler CPUs, the instruction cycle is executed sequentially, each instruction being processed before the next one is started. In most modern CPUs, the instruction cycles are instead executed concurrently, and often in parallel, through an
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wiki
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encyclopedia
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Basic operation cycle of a computer
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Instruction_cycle
date created:
2004-04-04T10:43:40Z
date modified:
2024-09-11T13:05:42Z
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