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9 Cards in this Set
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system unit
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case that contains electronic components of the computer used to process data
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motherboard
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main circuit board of system unit
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chip
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small piece of semi conducting material, usually silicon, on which integrated circuits circuits are etched
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CPU
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interprets and carries out the basic instructions that operate a computer
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Multi core processor
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chip with 2 or more separate processor cores
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control unit
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component of processor that directs and coordinates most of the operations in the computer
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ALU
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arithmetic logic unit
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system clock
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small quartz crystal circuit that controls the timing of all computer operations
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clock speed
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pace of system clock
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