What type of control pins are needed in a microprocessor to regulate traffic on the bus, in  order to prevent two devices from trying to use it at the same time?
a. Bus control
b. Interrupts
c. Bus arbitration
d. Status

1 Answer

Answer :

c. Bus arbitration

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