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CPU
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Computer Science
9th Grade
09/21/2011

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Term
CPU
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THis is the brains of the computer
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Dual core
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Dual-core refers to a CPU that includes two complete execution cores per physical processor.
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volitile
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Volatile means that when you shut the computer down it just forgets everything
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internal temporary memory areas?
Definition
These are called ‘Registers’
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CPU places the address of the next item in a vital hardware path. What is this called?
Definition
This is called the ‘address bus’
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The CPU is designed to understand a specific set of commands which are different for every make of CPU. What are these set of commands called?
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