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From what I understand, ALU is exclusively for mathematical operations.

For simple tasks like reading a web page, saving a text file, copying data etc., are arithmetic operations used or can the processor do it without using that?

I don't have much knowledge about computer architecture, but it seems to me that these jobs mainly deal with control instructions and no arithmetic is required, apart from maybe ASCII conversions.

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Look at the source code for reading a web page, saving a text file, and copying data, and you'll have your answer.

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