CP102 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Flash Memory, Usb 3.0, Assistive Technology
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The motherboard is the main circuit board, contains important components of the computer, including. Random access memory, where the computer stores the programs and data that is being used. All content on the ram cards are erased when computer turns off. Read-only memory, holds the instructions a computer needs when turning on. Permanently stored info which means its non-volatile storage. Controls all functions performed by the computer and processes al commands issued by software. Process speed is measured in hertz (hz), machine cycles per second. Machine cycle is the process of the cpu getting data from ram and decoding it into something the computer can understand. Most computers work at ghz, gigahertz, which is billions of machine cycles per second. The number of cores or processing paths a processer has; before processers could only do 1 path at a time, now newer technology can allow for up to 10.
