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CPU
MICROPROCESSOR, CONTAINS ALU, CU, CACHE
BIOS
BASIC INPUT OUTPUT SYSTEM, BOOTS UP COMPUTER
RAM
RANDOM ACCESS MEMORY, STORES DATA WHEN CACHE RUNS OUT, VOLATILE
ROM
READ ONLY MEMORY, BOOT UP INSTRUCTIONS, PERMANENT, NON-VOLATILE
ALU
ARITHMETIC LOGIC UNIT, DOES MATH
ACC
ACCUMULATOR, MATH RESULTS STORED IN HERE TEMPORARILY.
MAR
MEMORY ADDRESS REGISTER, HOLDS ADDRESS OF NEXT INSTRUCTION THAT CPU NEEDS TO STORE
MDR
MEMORY DATA REGISTER, INSTUCTIONS FETCHED FROM MEMORY STORED HERE TEMPORARILY
CU
CONTROL UNIT, FETCH, DECODE EXCUTE
PROGRAM COUNTER
PROVIDES CPU WITH THE MEMORY ADDRESS OF THE NEXT INSTUCTION IN CYCLE
CACHE
STORES CONSTANTLY USED OPERATIONS, SMALL AND FAST
MULTI-CORE PROCESSOR
ALLOWS MORE INSTRUCTIONS TO BE DONE AT THE SAME TIME
EMBEDDED SYSTEM
SYSTEM MADE FOR SPECIFIC TASK
SSD
SOLID STATE DRIVE, SMALL CARD, STORES INFO
OPTICAL STORAGE
CD
MAGNETIC HARD DRIVE
BUILT INTO COMPUTER + SMALL
FLASH MEMORY
MEMORY STICK
BINARY
0, 1
UNITS
1024B=1KB 1024KB=1MB1024MB=1GB 1024GB=1TB
HOW TO SOLVE FOR BINARY
128 64 32 16 8 4 2 1
DENARY (DECIMAL)
NORMAL NUMBER SET
ADDING BINARY
1+0=1 1+1=10 1+1+1=11
HOW TO SOLVE FOR NIBBLE
8 4 2 1
HEX
BASICALLY ITS 1-9 WHEN YOU FIGURE OUT THE NIBBLE BUT IF IT = 10 OR ABOVE ITS A-F