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(1) 01011100B= *******(Decimal).

(2) 10101101(twos complement notation of binary)= ********(Decimal).

(3) a=01011100B, b=00011110B a AND b = ********B.

(4) a=00111100B, b=00001111B a + b= *******B.

(5) ******* is the heart and ultimate controller of the computer ,the place where all calculation are performed.

(6) ********** is a set of wires used to interconnect different devices for data connectivity.

(7) The CPU holds two important pieces of information for the fetch-execute cycle: ******, which holds the currently executing instruction, and the program counter(PC), which holds the location of the next

instruction to be fetched.

(8) There are two major philosophies of computer design: ********.These are typified by the Inter Pentium and the Apple/IBM/ARM architecture,respectively.

(9) Any statement that is the target of a branch must have a *****; this is just a word ,usually beginning with a capital letter, that marks its location in the code.

(10) Certain instructions can alter the contents of the*******and thus cause the computer to change its execution path. These statements are often called branch statements or goto statements.