ü PROCESSING UNIT/DEVICES: This is like the brain of the computer system. It can also
be seen as the entire Central Processing System of a computer system. The
processing devices are the part of the computer that take care of all the processing
of task and activities of the computer system. The official name is “System
Unit” while the popular name is “Central Processing Unit” (CPU). Meanwhile, the
CPU is just a processing device hardware attached to the motherboard of the
system unit.
Example of
processing devices:
(i)
System
unit
(ii)
Motherboard
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Motherboard |
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System Unit |