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A piece of temporary memory. It can refer to a part of the RAM, storage disk, CPU, or an area for storing web pages. |
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Central processing unit - the brain of the computer that processes program instructions. Also called a microprocessor. |
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Arithmetic logic unit - a component of the CPU that performs calculating functions such as addition and subtraction.
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The section of high speed memory within the CPU that stores data to be processed.
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The speed of a computer CPU, measured in hertz |
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Gigahertz. One billion hertz per second = one gigahertz. This is a measure of frequency and is used to describe bus speeds and CPU clock speeds. |
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A dual core processer is a processer that can do 2 intructions |
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1,000,000 hertz - a measure of frequency, or cycles per second.
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