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CPU
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The Central Processing Unit often described as the "brain" of the computer
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ALU
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The Arithmetic Logic Unit that does the decosing of data in the fetch decode execute cycle
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CU
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The Control Unit that controls the fetch part of the fetch, decode, execute cycle
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Cache
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The internal volatile memory of the CPU which is small but very fast to access
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RAM
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Random Access Memory like the Cache, but external to the CPU and bigger
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Multi-core Processor
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More than one processor inside of one unit
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Volatile Memory
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Memory that loses all data when the power supply is stopped
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3GHz Processor
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A processor that can do 3000 calculations per second
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Overclocking
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Running a CPU faster than it was intended to run by the manufacturers
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Machine Cycle/ Fetch, Decode, Execute Cycle
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The cycle of how a CPU processes data
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