Computer Science for IGCSE & O level - Hardware (Section 29 - No. 11)

In the context of the CPU, what does 'fetch' represent in the Fetch-Decode-Execute cycle?

Performing the calculation.

Retrieving the instruction from memory.

Translating the code into machine language.

Storing the outcome of the process.

Fetching is the action of getting the instruction from the memory location.