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A case that contains electronic components of the computer used for input, processing, output, storage, and communications.
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System unit
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(System Board) The main circuit board of the system unit.
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Motherboard
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A small piece of semiconducting material, usually silicon, on which integrated circuits are etched.
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Chip
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(Central Processing Unit) Interprets and carries out the basic instructions that operate a computer.
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CPU
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A chip with two or more sepertae processor cores.
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Multi-core processor
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The component of the processor that directs and coordinates most of the operations in the computer.
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Control unit
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(Arithmatic Logic Unit) Performs arithmatic comparison, and other operations.
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ALU
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A small quartz crystal circuit that controls the timing of all computer operations.
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System clock
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The pace of the system clock that is measured by the number of ticks per second.
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Clock speed
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