Computer Science for IGCSE & O level - Software (Section 1 - No. 3)

What happens during the 'decode' stage of the Fetch-Decode-Execute cycle?
The instruction is retrieved from memory.
The instruction is executed.
The instruction is translated into commands the CPU can understand.
The result is stored.

Explanation

The decode stage interprets the instruction so the CPU can carry it out.

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