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A control bus is (part of) a computer bus, used by CPUs for communicating with other devices within the computer. While the address bus carries the information on which device the CPU is communicating with and the data bus carries the actual data being processed, the control bus carries commands from the CPU and returns status signals from the devices, for example if the data is being read or written to the device the appropriate line (read or write) will be active (logic zero).

Lines

The number and type of lines in a control bus, there are basic lines common to all microprocessors, such as:

• Read (). A single line that when active (logic zero) indicates the device is being read by the CPU.
• perform a hard reboot.

See also

• Address bus
• Cache bus
• Data bus

External links

• Definition by Webopedia.
• Computer system organization at the University of California, Riverside.

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