Fetch Execute
Cycle Instruction
Memory CPU
Step Retrieve

 

The last step in the instruction execution cycle, where the CPU carries out the instruction. The first step in the instruction execution cycle, where the CPU retrieves an instruction from memory.
A command or operation given to the CPU to perform a specific task. A sequence of steps that the CPU goes through to execute an instruction.
The Central Processing Unit, which is the main component of a computer responsible for executing instructions. The storage component of a computer where data and instructions are stored.
To fetch or obtain information or data from a source or memory location. A single operation or action within a larger process or cycle.

 

Sequence Carry Out
Fetch-Decode-Execute Cycle Decode

 

To perform or execute a task or instruction. An ordered collection or arrangement of items or events.
The second step of the Fetch-Decode-Execute Cycle, where the computer interprets the fetched instruction. The process by which the computer fetches an instruction from memory, decodes it, and then executes it.