The Speed at Which the Processor Communicates with the Memory

question 9

Multiple Choice

the speed at which the processor communicates with the memory and other devices in the computer

• A)CISC
• B)external clock speed
• C)data bus
• D)address bus
• E)core
• F)hyper-threading
• G)control bus
• H)instruction set
• I)RISC
• J)execution-based cache

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