The System Unit Flashcards
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System Unit
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- Contains Electronic components.
- Most common PCs: Cell Phone, tablt, Laptop, desktop,…
2
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Smartphones
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- Most Popular PC
- Electronics located behind the monitor.
3
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Tablet
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- Larger, Heavier and More Powerful Cell Phone
4
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Laptop
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- Separate Monitor, keyboard and mouse.
5
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Desktop
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- Vertical System Unit
6
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Wearable Computers
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- Embedded computer on a chip.
-Smartwatches, activity trackers, …
7
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Components: System Board
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- Controls all communication for the computer system.
- All devices are connected to it.
- Sockets : connection point for chips
- Slots : connection for specialized cards
- Bus lines: Pathways to support communication.
8
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Microprocessor Chip
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- Only access one word (2 Bytes) at once.
- CPU FDES in a second is called clock speed.
- Multicore processors : independent CPUs (work together => Parallel Processing
9
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Specialty Processors
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- Include Graphic coprocessors (GPU), and processors in automobiles.
10
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LOOK AT TEXTBOOK
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