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The

hardware subsystem

is the chipset.



The chipset is basically what interconnects and controls the pathways between the processor, RAM, video, and other devices like the hard drive and network card.



If a

computer processor

, RAM, and

video controller

were major cities, then the hardware subsystem (chipset) would be the roads and traffic lights (the chipset controls traffic flow) that connect them together. Other things, like the hard drive, DVD drive, and USB would be like the suburbs because they have slower, indirect access to the processor, ram and video controller.

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