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| The part of the unit that translates instructions into a form that can be processed by the ALU and FPU |
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| Small components typically made of aluminum with fins that help dissipate heat |
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| Nonvolatile chips that can be used for storage by the computer or user. |
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| uses magnetic polarization rather than electric charge to store data |
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| uses cathode ray tube tube and analog signal technology |
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| a thin board containing computer chips and other electrical components |
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| A device used to input biometric data, such as an individual's fingerprint or voice |
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| An input device that scans flat objects one at a time |
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| The primary storage system for most computers; used to store most programs and data used with a computer |
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| is in charge of the entire process, making sure everything happens at the right time. It instructs the ALU, FPU, and registers what to do, based on instructions from the decode unit |
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especially appropriate for use on mobile devices, consumer electronics, and other devices where power consumption is an important concern
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| A connector on the exterior of a computer to which a device may be attached |
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| uses a color filter consisting of red, green, and blue subpixels for each pixel |
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| The main circuit board of a computing device, located inside the system unit, to which all computer system components connect |
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| nonvolatile chips located on the motherboard into which data or programs have been permanently stored |
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| A slim type of display that uses digital signals to display images |
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| Radio frequency identification technology that can store, read, and transmit data located on RFID tags |
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| An international coding system that can be used to represent text based data in any written (ancient or modern) language |
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| digital data representation |
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| Representing data in a form that can be understood by a digital computer |
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| The smallest unit of data that a computer can recognize |
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| a group of fast memory circuitry usually built into the CPU and used to speed up processing |
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| A hard drive that uses flash memory chips instead of metal magnetic hard disks |
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| A type of storage medium read from and written to using a laser beam |
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| Storage device that is accessed via the internet |
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| A device containing a tiny chip and a radio antenna that is attached to an object so it can be identified using RFID technology |
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