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The system unit is the box where all processing takes place. All other devices are attached to it. The Central Processing Unit (CPU) is the heart of the computer, and is inside the system unit.

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What the difference between central processing unit and system unit?

A computer system unit is the case with the motherboard and all the ports. The box you unplug and walk around with. The CPU is the Central Processing Unit, this is a chip on the motherboard that does all the processing.People erroneously refer to system unit as CPU.


What is the difference between CPU and peripheral unit?

Your CPU is the central processing unit, or the main body of your computer. A peripheral unit is anything attached to it.


Is a system unit the same as CPU?

no


What is difference between VPU recovery and CPU recovery?

VPU = Visual Processing Unit CPu = Central Processing Unit Here is a link to discussion of VPU Recovery. http://ati.amd.com/products/catalyst/VPU_OVERVIEW.pdf


Does the term CPU and system unit mean the same thing?

No. The CPU means Central Processing Unit. This is the main processor of the computer. A system unit is the hole unit (or personal computer).


What system performs rapid calculations and manipulates data?

Central Processing Unit, CPU


What is part of the system unit monitor CPU CD rom floppy disk?

CPU


How do you repair a CPU?

A damaged CPU is generally not user serviceable, assuming you are referring to the CPU chip, and not the system unit.


What is the metal and plastic that houses the main system components of the computer?

It is referred to as a 'base unit', and sometimes 'tower'


What links the CPU to every hardware device in the system unit?

control unit


What do you call the brain of a computer?

In general when speaking of computer hardware it is the CPU (central processing unit) also called the processor. As a whole unit though, it is a combination of the CPU, the Motherboard, RAM, and the operating system.


Difference between a CPU and control unit?

There is a big difference between these components. Both of them are part of central processor unit but control unit is responsible for generating control signals to all parts of cpu, to handle interrupts, to deal with registers etc. Arithmetic logic unit is part which does arithmetic and logic operations (for example, arithmetic operations are add,subtract,add with carry,subtract with carry,divide... and logic operations are AND,OR,XOR,NOT,NAND,NOR...).

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