Hardware - created from Mind Map

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CPU

CPU

RAM

ROM

Virtual memory

fetch, decode and execute

the brain of the computer

Gets instructions from the RAM

Fetch, decode, execute

One Hertz = one instruction

Has "Cores"

Gets instructions from the RAM

Changes them into usable instructions

Sends the instruction to the appropriate piece of hardware

Stores instructions that the CPU Decodes

Volatile

RAM increases your PC's speed

the applications

memory is deleted when the PC turns off

stores PC boot up instructions

Involatile

Cannot be editted

Memory stays when pc is turned off

Sores instructions the CPU doesn't currently need

usually twice as much as RAM

Stored in Hard drive