Consider two processors, A and B, with identical clock speed…
Consider two processors, A and B, with identical clock speeds but different instruction sets. Processor A has simpler instructions that require fewer clock cycles per instruction on average, while Processor B has more complex instructions that require more clock cycles per instruction. Which processor will generally have a lower overall CPU execution time for a given program, assuming the program is optimized for each processor’s instruction set?
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Choose one of the statements below. According to the Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis, what might this statement imply about the minds of the people who speak each language? a. English has only one word for “you,” while Spanish has informal “tú” and formal “usted” b. English has different words for green and blue, while the Himba language has only one word which covers green and blue. c. In German, every noun is either masculine, feminine, or neuter, while English nouns have no grammatical gender.
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