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The fetch-execution cycle is:

a) significantly influences the cost of CPU manufacturing
b) the basis for every capability of a computer
c) the basis for most capabilities of a computer
d) one of many important factors determining the capability of ALL computers
e) one of many important factors determining the capability of MOST computers

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The Fetch execution cycle of the computer is the time period during which the computer reads the instructions from the memory and process them and then executes them. This is a continuous cycle that ends ...

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