Devices that are used primarily to transport data between the processor and the user are known as ....

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• The channel which handles the multiple requests and multiplexes the data transfers from these devices a byte at a time is known as .....
• The I/O processor has a direct access to ....................... and contains a number of independent data channels.
• State whether the following statement is True or False for cache memory. i) Cache memories are high-speed buffers which are inserted between the processors and main memory. ii) They can also be inserted between main memory and mass storage. iii) It can be used as secondary memory.
• When the character is transferred to the processor, status control flag SIN is automatically cleared to ............................
• In case of only one memory operand, when a second operand is needed, as in the case of an Add instruction, we use processor register called .........
• A collection of lines that connects several devices is called ..............
• Data transfer between the main memory and the CPU register takes place through two registers namely .......
• State whether the following statement is True or False for PCI bus. i) The PCI bus tuns at 33 MHZ and can transfer 32-bits of data(four bytes) every clock tick. ii) The PCI interface chip may support the video adapter, the EIDE disk controller chip and may be two external adapter cards. iii) PCI bus deliver the different throughout only on a 32-bit interface that other parts of the machine deliver through a 64-bit path.
• The time that elapses between the initiation of an operation and completion of that operation is called.....
• The communication between central system and the outside environment is done by