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A specialized processor designed to rapidly manipulate and alter memory to quickly provide visual images to a display device:
A. GPU
B. CPU
C. NIC
D. RAM
A
A. GPU
Graphics processing unit, a specialized processor originally designed to accelerate graphics rendering. GPUs can process many pieces of data simultaneously, making them useful for machine learning, video editing, and gaming applications.
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A piece of metal that sits on top of a computer chip, such as a CPU, and draws power away from components by letting it rise through a set of fins:
A. Fan
B. NIC
C. Heatsink
D. Power Supply
A
C. Heatsink
A heatsink is a computer component that attaches to a chip (such as a CPU) that disperses heat and prevents overheating.
