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== <span style="color: #FFFFFF;">Remembering</span> == * '''Von Neumann Architecture''' β A computer architecture based on the "Stored-program" concept, where instruction data and program data are stored in the same memory. * '''John von Neumann''' β The Hungarian-American polymath who described the architecture in his "First Draft of a Report on the EDVAC." * '''The Four Main Components''': # '''CPU (Central Processing Unit)''' β The "Brain" that performs math and logic. # '''Memory (RAM)''' β The "Workspace" that stores the program and the data. # '''I/O (Input/Output)''' β How the machine talks to the world (Keyboard, Screen). # '''The Bus''' β The "Wires" that move data between the CPU and Memory. * '''Stored-Program Concept''' β The idea that a computer's "Instructions" are just another type of "Data" (Numbers) that can be changed easily. * '''Control Unit (CU)''' β The part of the CPU that "Directs" the flow of traffic. * '''Arithmetic Logic Unit (ALU)''' β The part of the CPU that does the "Actual Math" (+, -, *, /). * '''The Fetch-Decode-Execute Cycle''' β The "Heartbeat" of a computer: it "Fetches" an instruction from memory, "Decodes" what it means, and "Executes" it. * '''Registers''' β Tiny, ultra-fast memory spots inside the CPU used for "Immediate work." * '''Von Neumann Bottleneck''' β The "Traffic Jam" that happens because the CPU can think much faster than the "Bus" can move data from memory. </div> <div style="background-color: #006400; color: #FFFFFF; padding: 20px; border-radius: 8px; margin-bottom: 15px;">
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