ALU and Control Unit jointly known as

The ALU and control unit are jointly known as the CPU (central processing unit).

The arithmetic logic unit (ALU) performs arithmetic and logic operations. The control unit retrieves instructions from memory and determines which operations the ALU should perform. The ALU and control unit work together to execute program instructions that why the ALU and control unit are jointly known as the CPU.

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