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A processor executes instructions such as Add 200, #9, 201, represented as 0s and 1s. Is this statement true or false?

1) True
2) False

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The statement about a processor executing instructions represented as 0s and 1s is true. Processors operate on binary instructions. Pentium chips, which are indeed capable of executing more than 100 million instructions per second, conform to this truth.

Step-by-step explanation:

The statement "A processor executes instructions such as Add 200, #9, 201, represented as 0s and 1s" is true. A processor, or central processing unit (CPU), indeed executes instructions which are coded in a binary format, represented by combinations of 0s and 1s. These binary codes correspond to machine language instructions that the processor can interpret and execute. An instruction like 'Add 200, #9, 201' might be part of an assembly language code, which is a more human-readable form of machine code. After being translated from assembly code to machine code by an assembler, it would indeed be represented by binary digits to be processed by the CPU.

Pentium chips, which are microprocessors developed by Intel, are also capable of executing a large number of instructions per second. Modern processors, including Pentium chips, are able to execute hundreds of millions or even billions of instructions per second. Therefore, the statement that each Pentium chip from a 6-inch wafer is capable of executing more than 100 million instructions per second is also true.

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