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2g: Analyse how hardware components work together in order to execute programs.

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Computing Systems
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CPUCentral Processing Unit which executes instructions to process data
decodeSecond part of the cycle a processor follows where instructions are understood by the CPU
executeFinal part of the cycle a processor follows where instructions are carried out
fetchFirst part of the cycle a processor follows where instructions are loaded from RAM into the CPU
HDDHard disk drive stores instructions and data for programs which aren't currently running
RAMRandom Access Memory which stores instructions and data for programs which are currently running
ROMRead Only Memory which stores instructions needed when the computer is first switched on
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