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title: "control-unit"
aliases: 
tags: 
- cosc204
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# Control unit
![](https://i.imgur.com/bQ4eA94.png)

- coordinates the operation of the computer
- generates control signals
	- connect registers to the bus
	- control the function of the ALU
	- provides timing signals to the system

allso associated with the decoding and executuion of instructions in a pipelined system