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Cards Term AMERICAN STANDARD CODE FOR INFORMATION INTERCHANGE(ASCII) Definition THE MOST POPULAR SYSTEM FOR INFORMATION Term ARITHMETIC/LOGIC UNIT(ALU) Definition PERFORMS ARITHMETIC COMPUTATIONS AND LOGICAL OPERATIONS Term BIT Definition IS A ZERO OR ONE Term BYTE Definition ANOTHER WORD FOR CHARATER;GENERALLY REPRESENTED BY 8 BITS Term CACHE MEMORY Definition USED TO INCREASE THE SPEED OF PROCESSING CYCLE Term CENTRAL PROCESSING UNIT(CPU) Definition ALSO KNOWN AS THE MICROPROCESSOR;THE BRAIN OF THE COMPUTER Term CONTROL UNIT Definition THAT PART OF THE CENTRAL PROCESSING UNIT THAT CORRDINATES ALL CPU ACTIVITES Term CONTROLLER Definition A DECIVE THAT CONTROLS THE TRANSFER OF DATA FROM THE COMUTER TO A PERIPHERAL DECIEVE AND VICE-VERSA Term EXECUTION CYCLE Definition IS A STEP BY STEP PROCESS Term EXTENDED BINARY CODED DECIMAL INTERCHARGE Definition THIS CODE IS MOSTLY USED IN VERY LARGE COMPUTERS Term INSTUCTION CYCLE Definition IS THE AMOUNT OF THE TIME IT TAKES TO RETRIEVE THE INSTRUCTION AND COMPLETE THE COMMAND Term MAIN MEMORY Definition ALSO REFFERED TO AS RAM OR PRIMARY MEMORY Term MEMORY Definition FOUND ON THE MOTHERBOARD ALSO THOUGHT OF AS A "SHORTTERM" OR "LONGTERM" Term MODEM Definition A SEVICE THAT ALLOWS ONE COMPUTER TO TALK TO ANOTHER Term MOTHERBOARD Definition THE METAL AND PLASTIC CASE THAT HOUSES THE MAIN SYSTEM COMPONENTS OF THE COMPUTER Term RANDOM ACCESS MEMORY(RAM) Definition MEMORY ON A MOTHERBOARD KNOWN AS SHORT TERM AND DATD,INFORMATION AND PROGRAM INSTRUCTIONS ARE STORED TEMPORILY ON RAM CHIPS Term READ ONLY MEMORY(ROM) Definition PERMANENT COMPUTER STORAGE;INSTRUCTIONS ARE BURNED ONTO CHIPS BY THE MANUFACTURER