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A ____ instruction causes the processor to depart from sequential instruction order.

A(n)____ instruction generates the value true if either (but not both) data input is true.

In the binary32 format, the leading sign bit applies to the exponent, not the mantissa.

Compared with RISC processors, CISC processors have some advantages for computationally intensive applications.

A(n) ____________________ is a measure of CPU or computer system performance when carrying out one or more specific tasks.

The ____________________ of the CPU keeps track of the next program instruction location by incrementing a pointer after each fetch.

​Each element of a doubly linked list has two pointers: one pointing to the next element in the list and one pointing to the top element in the list.

The collection of instructions that a CPU can process is called the CPU’s ____________________.

Large numeric values expressed in octal notation are one-third the length of corresponding ____ notation.

With any fixed-width data storage format, it’s possible that the result of a computation will be too large to fit in the format.