What is the role of the address bus in a computer system?

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What is the role of the address bus in a computer system?

The address bus in a computer system is responsible for carrying the memory addresses between the central processing unit (CPU) and the memory. It is used to specify the location in memory where data needs to be read from or written to. The width of the address bus determines the maximum amount of memory that can be addressed by the CPU.