Starting Out with Python (4th Edition)
Starting Out with Python (4th Edition)
4th Edition
ISBN: 9780134444321
Author: Tony Gaddis
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 1.4, Problem 19CP
Program Plan Intro

Central Processing Unit (CPU):

CPU is a part of the computer that actually runs the program; it is the most important component because without the CPU, no software can be run.

  • • When a task is performed, it is simply said that the code or the program is being run or executed.
  • • In olden days, there are huge devices that are made up of electrical and mechanical components such as vacuum tubes and switches.
  • • ENIAC (Electronic Numerical Integrator and Calculator) is considered as the world’s first programmable electronic computer, that is, 8 feet tall and 100 feet long.
  • • Nowadays, it is replaced by microprocessors.

Operations performed by CPU:

It performs the following operations:

  • • Reading a piece of data.
  • • Performing operations such as addition, multiplication, subtraction, and division of numbers.
  • • Moving a piece of data from one location to another location.

These operations can be performed with the help off 0’s and 1’s; this is because, the CPU can understand only the instructions that are written in machine language.

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