Computer Science for IGCSE & O level - Software (Section 2 - No. 37)
In the Fetch-Decode-Execute cycle, what happens during the 'execute' stage?
The instruction is fetched from memory.
The instruction is translated.
The CPU performs the action specified by the instruction.
The address of the next instruction is determined.
Explication
During the 'execute' stage, the CPU carries out the instruction.