Describe the four steps in the machine cycle.

What will be an ideal response?


• Fetching is the process of obtaining a program or an application instruction or data item from memory.• Decoding refers to the process of translating the instruction into signals the computer can execute.• Executing is the process of carrying out the commands.• Storing, in this context, means writing the result to memory (not to a storage medium).

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Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)

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