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CPU
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- 1What does CPU stand for?Central Processing Unit
- 2What is a computer system?A computer system is a set of equipment that works together to complete a task.
- 3What does a computer system have?Input, processor, output and storage
- 4What does the control unit do?The control unit manages the work done by the CPU.
- 5What does the arithmetic and logic unit (ALU) do?The arithmetic and logic unit does all the calculations in the CPU.
- 6What does the clock do?The clock sends out regular electrical pulses and every time the clock ticks the control unit sends an instruction to the ALU.
- 7What are buses?The three parts of the CPU are joined together using buses that are high speed connections that carry data around inside the CPU.
- 8What is in the memory?The memory holds the instructions that tell the computer what to do and it has the data values that the computer needs.
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- Year 9 ICT (The nature of technology) Flashcards on CPU, created by Natasha White on 06/06/2021.
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- Natasha White · Jun 2021
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