When the Processor Needs an Instruction or Data, It Searches

question 35

True/False

When the processor needs an instruction or data, it searches memory in this order: L1 cache, then L2 cache, then L3 cache (if it exists), then RAM - with a greater delay in processing for each level it must search.

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Definitions:

Extinction

In behavioral psychology, the process through which a conditioned response is weakened by presenting the conditioned stimulus without the unconditioned stimulus, eventually leading to the response diminishing or disappearing.

Operant Conditioning

A method of learning that employs rewards and punishments for behavior, influencing the likelihood of that behavior being repeated.

Classical Conditioning

A method of learning that happens by linking an outside stimulus with one that naturally occurs.

Voluntary

Actions or decisions made by an individual that are done consciously and by choice, without external coercion.