What does the term “instruction set” refer to in a microprocessor?
a) The clock speed of the processor
b) The set of instructions the processor can execute
c) The size of the processor’s cache
d) The number of cores in the processor
Answer:
b) The set of instructions the processor can execute
Explanation:
An instruction set is a group of commands that a processor can understand and execute, defining what operations the processor can perform.