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A CPU, or central processing unit, is the hardware within a computer system that executes instructions from an application to carry out tasks. Early CPUs were custom-designed for specific computers but now most use mass-produced processors from companies like Intel, AMD, and others. A CPU is composed of thousands of tiny transistors that either allow or block the flow of electricity based on input signals. It coordinates the digital components by syncing to a clock signal measured in megahertz or gigahertz.

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Also Known as Central Processing Unites. Noorah Mohammed 200800215
A CPU is most commonly known as a processor. A CPU is the hardware within a computer system.
Early CPUs were custom-designed as a part of a larger, sometimes one-of-a-kind, computer. However, this method of designing custom CPUs for a particular application has largely given way to the development of mass-produced processors that are made for this standardization began in the era of discretetransistor mainframesandminicomputersand has rapidly accelerated with the popularization of theintegrated circuits(IC).
CPUs are composed of thin layers of thousands transistors. Transistors are tiny microscopic bit of material that blocks electricity when the charge is weak, but allow electricity to pass through if the charge is strong enough.
Intel Pentium AMD Athlon Motorola Power PC G4. G5 IBM
The digital chips of a CPU sync each other by the clock signal (a stream of impulses). The faster the impulses, the faster the computer runs.
CPUs run at rates of millions and billions of Hertz, megahertz (MHz), and gigahertz (GHz). Computer circuitry produces radio frequency interference that could cause problems for nearby devices. To prevent this from occurring, a computer contains a thin piece of metal shielding inside its case, (only if the case isnt metal).
CPU uses electrical signals to direct the entire computer system to carry out, or execute stored program instructions.
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Beach, Thomas E. "Computer Concepts and Terminology. University of New Mexico. 24 Jan, 2012. Retrieved from: http://www.unm.edu/~tbeach/terms/index.html . CPU-Central Processing Unit: Quin Street. 2012. Retrieved from: http://www.webopedia.com/TERM/C/CPU.html.

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  • 1. Also Known as Central Processing Unites. Noorah Mohammed 200800215
  • 2. A CPU is most commonly known as a processor. A CPU is the hardware within a computer system.
  • 3. Early CPUs were custom-designed as a part of a larger, sometimes one-of-a-kind, computer. However, this method of designing custom CPUs for a particular application has largely given way to the development of mass-produced processors that are made for this standardization began in the era of discretetransistor mainframesandminicomputersand has rapidly accelerated with the popularization of theintegrated circuits(IC).
  • 4. CPUs are composed of thin layers of thousands transistors. Transistors are tiny microscopic bit of material that blocks electricity when the charge is weak, but allow electricity to pass through if the charge is strong enough.
  • 5. Intel Pentium AMD Athlon Motorola Power PC G4. G5 IBM
  • 6. The digital chips of a CPU sync each other by the clock signal (a stream of impulses). The faster the impulses, the faster the computer runs.
  • 7. CPUs run at rates of millions and billions of Hertz, megahertz (MHz), and gigahertz (GHz). Computer circuitry produces radio frequency interference that could cause problems for nearby devices. To prevent this from occurring, a computer contains a thin piece of metal shielding inside its case, (only if the case isnt metal).
  • 8. CPU uses electrical signals to direct the entire computer system to carry out, or execute stored program instructions.
  • 10. Beach, Thomas E. "Computer Concepts and Terminology. University of New Mexico. 24 Jan, 2012. Retrieved from: http://www.unm.edu/~tbeach/terms/index.html . CPU-Central Processing Unit: Quin Street. 2012. Retrieved from: http://www.webopedia.com/TERM/C/CPU.html.