Questions

We encounter cycle stealing in the context of Direct Memory Access (DMA). Either the DMA controller can use the data bus when the CPU does not need it, or it may force the CPU to temporarily suspend operation. The latter technique is called cycle stealing. Note that cycle stealing can be done only at specific break points in an instruction cycle.

1558 AD

Sign flag, Zero flag, Auxillary flag, Parity flag, Carry flag.

The device which is used to measure air pressure is called as barometer. If the barometer reading is rising, it indicates that the air pressure is increasing and if the reading is falling the air pressure is decreaing.