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National Teaching and Learning Change ProgrammeInformation and Communication Technology: Dictionary

architecture

The structure of a computer, or more properly the central processing unit (CPU), and how the particular components are related to each other, is called machine architecture.

Related terms
arithmetic logic unit (ALU)central processing unit (CPU)control unitmicroprocessorcomponentfifth-generation computer
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Hardware › architecture
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