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What the stored program concept means

What the stored program concept means

Stored program concept diagram showing a processor with program counter, current instruction register, control unit and ALU linked by address, data and control buses to main memory holding instructions and data The stored program concept means machine-code instructions are stored in main memory and run by the processor. That is why a general-purpose computer can act as a browser, game, or word processor without being physically rewired.

The stored program concept Lesson

  1. AS Level
  2. /Computer Science
  3. /The stored program concept

Step-by-step lessons covering AQA AS Level Computer Science The stored program concept for AS Level Computer Science. Each lesson works through exam-style questions.

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