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It is the main control unit in a computer. It is like the 'brain' of the computer.

It does controls all hardware, and executes software commands, like:

Math Calculations

Logical Operations (Comparison, differencing, etc.)

Processing data from memory

If there is no processor in a computer, the screen will simply stay blank when you power on the computer, and nothing will happen until you switch the computer off.

You NEED the processor in order to use the computer.

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