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The ALU of a computer normally contains a number of high speed storage elements called ________.

A
Semiconductor memory
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Registers
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Hard disk
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Magnetic disk
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None of the above
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Solution

The correct option is A Registers

The ALU of a computer normally contains a number of high speed storage elements called Registers.

A processor register (CPU register) is one of a small set of data holding places that are part of the computer processor. A register may hold an instruction, a storage address, or any kind of data (such as a bit sequence or individual characters). Some instructions specify registers as part of the instruction.

There are various types of Registers those are used for various purpose. Some Mostly used Registers are Accumulator(AC), Data Register(DR), Address Register(AR), Program Counter(PC), Memory Data Register (MDR), Index Register(IR), Memory Buffer Register(MBR).


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