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** | ** Kiddle. "Instruction set facts for kids." Kids.kiddle.co, https://kids.kiddle.co/Instruction_set | ||
** | ** Medium. "What is ISA?" ''Medium.com'', https://medium.com/@shb8086/tutorial-series-isa-fa9648c5e9e5 | ||
** Learn Computer Science. "What Is Instruction Set Architecture ? | Computer Organization And Architecture COA" YouTube''.com'', https://youtu.be/6fgbLOL7bis?si=NtnEpLXWbq7lAqSW | |||
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5.4 Instruction Sets
Imagine you're trying to give commands to a robot. If the robot only understands simple commands like "move forward," "turn left," "pick up," and "drop," that's its basic set of instructions. It can't understand "make me a sandwich" as one command; you'd have to break that down into many tiny steps.
In a similar way, a computer's CPU (its brain) doesn't understand high-level programming languages like Python or Scratch directly. Instead, it understands a very specific, low-level language made up of basic operations. This collection of all the commands a specific type of CPU knows how to do is called its Instruction Set.
Every different type of CPU (like those made by Intel for your home computer, or ARM for your smartphone) has its own unique instruction set. It's like each type of robot having its own special list of tricks it can perform. When a programmer writes code, it eventually gets translated into these tiny instructions from the CPU's instruction set so the computer can actually run the program. This set of instructions is crucial because it defines what the CPU can actually do and how it does it.
Bibliography for 5.4 Instruction Sets
- Instruction Set Definition:
- Kiddle. "Instruction set facts for kids." Kids.kiddle.co, https://kids.kiddle.co/Instruction_set
- Medium. "What is ISA?" Medium.com, https://medium.com/@shb8086/tutorial-series-isa-fa9648c5e9e5
- Learn Computer Science. "What Is Instruction Set Architecture ? | Computer Organization And Architecture COA" YouTube.com, https://youtu.be/6fgbLOL7bis?si=NtnEpLXWbq7lAqSW