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National Teaching and Learning Change ProgrammeInformation and Communication Technology: Dictionary

control unit

The part of the central processing unit which manages the execution of instructions. The control unit fetches each instruction in sequence, and decodes it, before executing it by sending control signals to other parts of the computer.

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sequencecentral processing unit (CPU)fetch-execute cycleinstruction cyclesignalexecuteinstructiondecode
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