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The best mode of connection between devices which need to send or receive large amounts of data over a short distance is . . . . . . . .

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To overcome the slow operating speeds of the secondary memory we make use of faster flash drives.

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To overcome the lag in the operating speeds of the I/O device and the processor we use . . . . . . . .

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The CISC stands for . . . . . . . .

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The primary function of the BUS is . . . . . . . .

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The signal used to indicate that the slave is ready is . . . . . . . .

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As the instructions can deal with variable size operands we use . . . . . . . . to resolve this.

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The 8-bit encoding format used to store data in a computer is . . . . . . . .

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A source program is usually in . . . . . . . .

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The read and write operations usually start at . . . . . . . . of the sector.

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The MSG signal is used . . . . . . . .

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In direct mapping the presence of the block in memory is checked with the help of block field.

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The directly mapped cache no replacement algorithm is required.

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The directive used to perform initialization before the execution of the code is . . . . . . . .

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When the process is returned after an interrupt service . . . . . . . . should be loaded again.
i) Register contents
ii) Condition codes
iii) Stack contents
iv) Return addresses

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The PCI follows a set of standards primarily used in . . . . . . . . PC's.

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The processor must take into account the delay in accessing the memory location, such memories are called . . . . . . . .

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The carry generation function: ci + 1 = yici + xici + xiyi, is implemented in . . . . . . . .

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An 24 bit address generates an address space of . . . . . . . . locations.

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In super-scalar mode, all the similar instructions are grouped and executed together.

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