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Explain how the stored program concept applies when a program contains several machine code instructions that require both arithmetic and logical operations.
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- The several machine code instructions are stored in main memory.
- The processor fetches and executes them serially, so it handles them one after another.
- During execution, the processor performs the arithmetic operations and the logical operations specified by the instructions.
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The answer must link all parts of the process: machine code instructions are stored in main memory, the processor fetches and executes them in sequence, and the processor performs arithmetic and logical operations as required by those instructions.
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