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Internal hardware components of a computer common mistakes

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Internal hardware components of a computer

AqaA LevelComputer ScienceFundamentals of computer organisation and

Common mistakes

  • Confusing the three buses

    Describing the address bus as carrying data, or describing the data bus as carrying memory addresses.

    Fix itState clearly that the address bus carries addresses, the data bus carries data and the control bus carries control signals.

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