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Control unit

Term · Computing and IT · MLC-T-CMP-000230

A component of the central processing unit that directs and coordinates the operations of the computer system. It interprets instructions from a program and issues control signals to other components, such as the arithmetic logic unit and memory. This unit dictates the flow of data and execution of instructions.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-CMP-000230
FieldComputing and IT
SubjectHardware
Record as JSON 
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  "subject": "Hardware",
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/computing/control-unit/"
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Record 254 of 1,553 in Computing and IT terminology (MLC-0101). Request the full dataset.