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title: "What are the steps involved in following a particular instruction given by the cpu?"  
description: "What are the steps involved in following a particular instruction given by the cpu?"  
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published: 2022-05-06  
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# What are the steps involved in following a particular instruction given by the cpu?

What are the steps involved in following a particular instruction given by the [cpu](https://www.mindstick.com/forum/159074/how-can-i-check-cpu-and-memory-usage-in-java)?

## Answers

### Answer by Hitesh Vohra

## The steps involved in following a particular instruction given by the cpu as follows:

- The instruction pointer informs the instruction fetch where the instruction is located in memory.
- The fetch receives the instruction and passes it on to the decoder, which determines the steps required to complete the task.
- After that, the information is transmitted to the ALU, which executes the necessary instructions. This involves adding, removing, or otherwise modifying the data.
- Finally, the instructions are transferred to the computer, which processes them.

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