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ISTM 210 Phinney Exam 1, Verified. Rated A+ What is the system unit? - -The main body of a computer that contains a motherboard. What does the system unit contain? - -The inner workings of a computer PCB - -Printed Circuit Board What is PCB - -Printed Circuit Board is logical and cheap way to replace loose wiring by applying copper wires to a sheet of non conductive plastic What gives a microcomputer the ability to be programmed? - -Central Processing Unit What is a microcomputer's speed measured by? - -Clock Rate (GHz) - the cycles per second in which the computer can perform its most basic tasks. Nibble - -4 bits or half a byte 1 byte - -8 bits how many bits equal an integer (whole #)? - -32 bits Multi-core chips - -many chips encased in one chip package working together Speed of the computer is... - -directly related but NOT solely based on CPU Chassis - -The physical box, or microcomputer, itself RISC - -Reduced Instruction Set Computer What was RISC designed for? - -designed for efficiency and were the first 64 bit processors Bus Lines Analogy - -roads Bus lines are measured by - -width What are bus lines? - -Pathways that transfer data/power between the components inside of a computer BITS - -Binary Digits USB - -Universal Serial Bus Firewire - -High performance serial bus Computers are ____ state systems - -On/off- data is "1" or "0" ASCII stands for... - -American Standard Code for Information Interchange What is the ASCII - -most microcomputers use its coding scheme to represent bytes PSU - -Power Supply Unit What does a PSU do? - -converts 100-120 (AJ) or 220-240 (AEA) volts of AC to DC What is primary storage in the system unit? - -RAM Primary Storage - -What user is currently working on Simple Primary Storage Analogy - -Paper on