WGU C952 – Instructions, Exam Review. Full coverage, Rated A+

WGU C952 – Instructions, Exam Review. Full coverage, Rated A+ Instruction Set - -The vocabulary of commands understood by a given architecture. Stored-program Concept - -The idea that instructions and data of many types can be stored in memory as numbers and thus be easy to change, leading to the stored-program concept. Word - -A natural unit of access in a computer, usually a group of 32 bits. Doubleword - -Another natural unit of access in a computer, usually a group of 64 bits; corresponds to the size of a register in the LEGv8 architecture. Data Transfer Function - -A command that moves data between memory and registers. Address - -A value used to delineate the location of a specific data element within a memory array. Alignment Restriction - -A requirement that data be aligned in memory on natural boundaries. Binary Digit (Binary Bit) - -One of the two numbers in base 2, 0 or 1, that are components of information. Least Significant Bit (LSB) - -The rightmost bit. Most Significant Bit (MSB) - -The leftmost bit.