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Across

1. The process of determining the exact operation to be performed and the operands of a given instruction.

2. A bus in a computer architecture that is used by the CPU to communicate with other hardware components and control their operations.

3. a register that holds the currently executed instruction in a CPU

4. A sequence of steps that the CPU goes through to execute an instruction.

5. A type of model in which tasks are performed simultaneously, often utilizing multiple processors or threads.

6. The component of a computer that is used to store data and program instructions for immediate use by the CPU.

7. Actions or operations are carried out on the input data to convert it into output.

8. A set refers to a grouping of interconnected components or processes that collaborate to accomplish a particular goal.

9. A bus in a computer architecture that is used to transmit data between the CPU and other hardware components.

10. A computer that stores program instructions in its memory along with data, allowing the instructions to be treated as data and executed by the CPU.

11. A unit of work or activity that needs to be completed.

Down

12. Data or information that is given to a system or process as an entry in order to generate an output.

13. To perform or execute a task or instruction.

14. The second step of the Fetch-Decode-Execute Cycle, where the computer interprets the fetched instruction.

15. The primary component of a computer that performs most of the processing inside the computer, including performing arithmetic, logical, control, and input/output operations.

16. Independent sequences of instructions that can be scheduled and executed by a processor.

17. Representations or simulations that describe systems or phenomena.

18. To fetch or obtain information or data from a source or memory location.

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