What is the function of accumulator?

Answer Posted / irshad

The accumulator is an 8-bit register. It can send or
receive data via internal data bus.
It holds one of the quantities to be operated on by the ALU
and receives the result of an operation done by the ALU.
The accumulator is also identified as register A.

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