Solution: The regularly spaced electric pulses per second are referred to as the clock cycles. All the jobs performed by the processor are on the basis of clock cycles.

Solution: It takes exactly one clock cycle to perform a basic operation, such as moving a byte of memory from a location to another location in the computer.

Solution: Normally, several clock cycles are required to fetch, execute and decode a particular program. Installation of a device is done by the system on its own.

Solution: The number of clock cycles per second is the clock speed. It is generally measured in gigahertz(109 cycles/sec) or megahertz (106 cycles/sec).

Solution: CISC is a large instruction set computer. It has variable length instructions. It also has a variety of addressing modes.

Solution: The RISC which stands for Reduced Instruction set computer has a fixed length of instructions. It has a small instruction set. Also has reduced references to memory to retrieve operands.

Solution: CISC stands for complex instruction set computer. It is mostly used in personal computers. It has a large instruction set and a variable length of instructions.

Solution: EPIC stands for Explicitly parallel instruction computing. It has a tighter coupling between the compiler and the processor. It enables the compiler to extract maximum parallelism in the original code.

Solution: The HOLD signal is given to the CPU whenever an interrupt is to be served. If the CPU is ready to give the control of the bus, it gives the HLDA command which is Hold Acknowledgement.

Solution: The word length which is the size of a word is generally 8 bits in a personal computer. Word Size is generally the number of bits that can be processed in one go by the CPU.