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What is the unit of transfer for internal memory?
What is the unit of transfer for internal memory?
- 64 bits
- Word length
- 128 bits
- 256 bits (correct)
In some systems, what is the addressable unit?
In some systems, what is the addressable unit?
- Integer representation
- Instruction length
- Byte
- Word (correct)
What is the size of a word typically equal to?
What is the size of a word typically equal to?
- Memory organization
- Instruction length (correct)
- Byte length
- Integer representation
What is the relationship between the length in bits A of an address and the number N of addressable units?
What is the relationship between the length in bits A of an address and the number N of addressable units?
For external memory, data are often transferred in what units?
For external memory, data are often transferred in what units?
What architecture has a wide variety of instruction lengths and a word size of 32 bits?
What architecture has a wide variety of instruction lengths and a word size of 32 bits?
Which type of memory is organized into units of data called records and requires access in a specific linear sequence?
Which type of memory is organized into units of data called records and requires access in a specific linear sequence?
What type of memory has a unique physical location-based address for each block or record and involves access to reach a general vicinity plus sequential searching, counting, or waiting to reach the final location?
What type of memory has a unique physical location-based address for each block or record and involves access to reach a general vicinity plus sequential searching, counting, or waiting to reach the final location?
What type of memory enables making a comparison of desired bit locations within a word for a specified match and retrieves a word based on a portion of its contents rather than its address?
What type of memory enables making a comparison of desired bit locations within a word for a specified match and retrieves a word based on a portion of its contents rather than its address?
Which memory type requires passing and rejecting each intermediate record to move from its current location to the desired location, leading to highly variable access time for an arbitrary record?
Which memory type requires passing and rejecting each intermediate record to move from its current location to the desired location, leading to highly variable access time for an arbitrary record?
Which type of memory has a unique, physically wired-in addressing mechanism for each addressable location, allowing constant and independent access time?
Which type of memory has a unique, physically wired-in addressing mechanism for each addressable location, allowing constant and independent access time?
Which memory type involves direct access to reach a general vicinity plus sequential searching, counting, or waiting to reach the final location, resulting in variable access time?
Which memory type involves direct access to reach a general vicinity plus sequential searching, counting, or waiting to reach the final location, resulting in variable access time?
What type of memory allows for selecting any location at random and directly addressing it with constant and independent access time?
What type of memory allows for selecting any location at random and directly addressing it with constant and independent access time?
Which memory type retrieves a word based on a portion of its contents rather than its address and allows making comparisons of desired bit locations within a word for a specified match?
Which memory type retrieves a word based on a portion of its contents rather than its address and allows making comparisons of desired bit locations within a word for a specified match?
