What is the purpose of the program counter (PC) in a CPU?

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What is the purpose of the program counter (PC) in a CPU?

The purpose of the program counter (PC) in a CPU is to keep track of the memory address of the next instruction to be fetched and executed. It holds the address of the current instruction being executed and increments to the next instruction after each execution.