Processing technology Flashcards
Processing technology
clock speed
Speed of a processor, in ticks per second.
Central Processing Unit
Hardware responsible for processing all instructions the computer runs.
CPU
See Central Processing Unit.
data throughput
Rate at which data is processed and output by a system.
dual core
A multi-core system with two processor cores.
GHz
See gigahertz.
gigahertz
Unit of measurement for a processor’s clock speed. 1000 MHz.
hardware
Physical parts of a computer system.
megahertz
Unit of measurement for a processor’s clock speed.
MHz
See megahertz.
microprocessor
See Central Processing Unit.
MIPS
See Millions of Instructions Per Second
Motherboard
The circuit board to which the internal computer components connect: the CPU, the RAM, the ROM, and the secondary storage devices
Multi-core
Processor with more than one processor core, to increase its performance.
multiprocessing
A system with more than one processor, to increase its performance.
multitasking
A single processor running multiple tasks by switching rapidly between them.
processor
See Central Processing Unit.
Quad-core
A multi-core system with four processor cores.
software
The instructions and programs which are run by the CPU.
speed throttling
Reducing a processor’s clock speed to save power when not in use.
terahertz
See Terahertz
THz
Unit of measurement for a processor’s clock speed. 1000 GHz.
