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What is it?
The CPU
This is the 'brain' of the computer. It is where all the searching, sorting, calculating and decision making takes place.
The CPU collects all of the raw data from various input devices (such a keyboard or mouse) and converts it into useful information by carrying out software instructions.
The result of all that work is then sent to output devices such as monitors and printers.
Examples of CPU
The Intel Pentium processor and the Athlon are examples of a CPU.
Hard disks (hard drives), floppy disks, CDROMs, and tapes all provide long-term storage for data. These are excellent storage devices but can take a long time to access. These devices all spin physically, just think about how long it takes for a floppy disk to start working. The CPU works millions of times faster than the speed at which it could get information from these devices, so it needs something else. The answer to this problem is RAM and ROM.
CPU Parts!
All written in 0s or 1s
Bytes
Why does all this matter? We often need to process words, so the computer must be able to store letters and other keyboard characters. This is done by making up a code. Each number represents a character.
10000010
ASCII
128 0 64 1
64
32 0
16 0
+
8 0
4 0
2 0
1 1
1 = 65 letter A
The 1 means the binary is switched on Now to your worksheetusing the byte & ASCII codes
RAM
RAM can store millions of bytes.
So of course all that information needs to be accessed by the CPU.
It does this through a method called, 'addressing'. Every location in RAM has a unique address.