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System Unit
•The motherboard, or system board, is the main circuit board of the system unit
•The processor, also called the central processing unit (CPU), interprets and carries out the basic instructions
that operate a computer
•The control unit
interprets the instructions
•The arithmetic/logic unit performs the logical and arithmetic processes
•Memory, also called random access memory (RAM) and read only memory (ROM) consists of electronic components that store data, instructions, and information, as needed by the processor