Assignment 2

The computer system

One of the main parts of a computer is the CPU- Central Processing Unit. It controls the computer as a whole but also handles the input of data in to the computer (memory) as well as processing the pieces of data held in the memory. The CPU is normally a small chip which is found on the main circuit board along with the memory.

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The Memory is also a key part in the computer system. All the data is stored inn the memory. This data is separated and made into in to many small units called bytes. One of these hold one object which can be anything. The memory in the computer is measured in the following ways: Bytes. Sizes of these bytes can then expand in to

  • Kilobytes-  (KB) 1 KB =1,000 (1024) bytes
  • Megabytes  (MB) 1MB =1,000,000 (1 million) bytes
  • Gigabytes   (GB) 1 GB =1,000,000,000 (1 billion) bytes
  • Terabytes    (TB) 1TB = 1,000,000,000,000 (I trillion) bytes
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