MAR - GCSE Computer Science Definition
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What is the MAR?
The Memory Address Register (MAR) holds the memory address of the location in main memory (RAM) where data or instructions are to be fetched from.
The MAR is crucial to the 'fetch' stage of the fetch-decode-execute cycle.
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