In the Fetch/Execute Cycle, the action of retrieving the instruction's operands from memory occurs during the
A) Instruction Execute (EX) step
B) Instruction Fetch (IF) step
C) Data Fetch (DF) step
D) Instruction Decode (ID) step

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The Data Fetch (DF) step specifically involves retrieving the instruction's operands from memory after the instruction has been fetched and decoded.

In the Fetch/Execute Cycle, the Action of Retrieving the Instruction's