Computer Architecture

Computer organization is concerned with the way the hardware components operate and how they are connected together to form a computer system.

Computer organization includes hardware details transparent to the programmer, such as control signals and peripherals.

Computer architecture is concerned with the structure and behavior of a computer system as seen by the user.

<p>Computer architecture includes information, formats, instruction sets, and techniques for addressing memory.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Computer architecture deals with giving operational attributes of the computer or processor, such as physical memory and ISA (Instruction Set Architecture).</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A stored-program computer is a computer that stores program instructions in electronically or optically accessible memory, whereas other systems stored program instructions with plugboards or similar mechanisms.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Stored-program computers can have either a von Neumann architecture, where program and data are stored in the same memory, or a Harvard architecture, where program and data have separate memories.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>No, the term 'stored-program computer' is sometimes used as a synonym for the von Neumann architecture, but it is historically inappropriate to do so.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>According to Jack Copeland, it is historically inappropriate because it overlooks the contributions of other early computer designs, such as the Harvard machines.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Hennessy and Patterson acknowledge the early Harvard machines as examples of stored-program computers with a different architectural design than the von Neumann machines.</p> Signup and view all the answers