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known as a processor or microprocessor the CPU was first developed by Intel
in 1974
and is short
for Central Processing Unit. The computer CPU is responsible for
handling all instructions and calculation it receives from other
hardware components in the computer and
software programs running on
the computer. Below is a graphic example of what the original Intel Pentium
processor looks like.
Today there are several different manufactures
of computer processors. However, Intel
and AMD are the leaders in the PC
market.
- Additional information and help with
computer processors can also be found on our CPU
help page.
- Additional information about
installing a computer hardware including a computer processor can be
found on document CHADD.
Many new computer users may
improperly call their computer and even
sometimes their monitor a CPU. When
referring to your computer or monitor it is proper to refer to them
as either computer or monitor and not CPU.
Also see: Coprocessor, Parallel
processing, Processor definitions
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