The characteristics of the CU or control unit are as follows:

• This part of the of the CPU is the one that is in charge of all the operations being CARRIED out.
• It is responsible to direct the system to execute instructions.
• It helps in communication between the memory and the arithmetic logical unit.
• It ALSO aids in the LOADING of data and instructions residing in the secondary memory to the main memory as required.

The characteristics of the ALU are as follows:

• The ALU is responsible for performing all logical and arithmetic operations.
• Some of the arithmetic operations are as follows: addition, subtraction, multiplication and DIVISION.
• Some of the logical operations are as follows: comparison between numbers, letter and or special characters.
• The ALU is also responsible for the FOLLOWING conditions: Equal-to conditions, Less-than condition and greater than condition.

The characteristics of the CU or control unit are as follows:

The characteristics of the ALU are as follows: