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Keywords: fetch, decode, instruction, execute, cycle

a sequence of activities that occurs in the computer when interpreting and executing an instruction.

The cycle of operations performed by the processor to process a single program instruction: fetch, decode, execute, and place result in memory.

The series of operations involved in the execution of a single machine-level instruction.

Keywords: clock, together, transfer, grouped, perform

a set of clock states grouped together to perform a data transfer.