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9 Cards in this Set
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A case that contains the components of the computer used to process data.
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System Unit
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System board, the main cicuit board of the system unit.
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Motherboard
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A small piece of semiconducting material (silicon) on which integrated circuits are etched.
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Chip
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Interprets and carries out the basic instructions that operate a computer.
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CPU (Central Processing Unit)
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A chip with 2 or more separate processor chips.
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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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Performs arithmetic, comparison, and other operations.
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ALU (Arithmetic Logic Unit)
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A small quartz crystal circuit that is used to control 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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