Computer Science for IGCSE & O level - Software (Section 13 - No. 40)
What is the purpose of the Decode stage in the Fetch-Decode-Execute cycle?
To retrieve the instruction from memory.
To execute the instruction.
To translate the instruction into a form that the CPU can understand.
To store the result of the execution.
Explanation
The Decode stage translates the instruction so that the CPU can understand it.