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| the metal and plastic case that houses the main system componets o9f the computer |
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| (CPU) Central Processing Unit |
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the brain of the computer
and also called the microprocesser, the processor, or central processor |
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| (ASCII) American Standard Code for Information Interchange |
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| a standardizled coding system |
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| Arithmetric/logic unit (ALU) |
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| preforms arithmetic computations and logical operations |
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| generally reprensted by 8 bits |
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| used to increse the speed of the processingh cycle |
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| the boss and coordinates all of the CPU's activites |
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| a decive that controls the transfer of data from the computer to a peripheral decive and vice-versa |
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| Execution cycle (E-cycle)/instruction cycle (I-cycle) |
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| a step by step instruction |
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| Extended Binary Coded Decimal Interchange Code (EBCDID) |
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| a code that is mostly used in very large computers |
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found on the motherboard
also thought of as a "short term" or "long term" |
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| also referred to as RAM or primary memory |
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| a decive that allows one computer to talk to another |
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| another type of memory found on a motherboard and are found thoughout a computer system |
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| Random access memory (RAM) |
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| memory on a motherboard known as short term and data, information, and program instructions are stored temporily on RAM chips |
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| Universal Serial Bus (USB) |
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| a new standard that supports data transfer rates of up to 12 millon bits per second |
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