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

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The CPU refers to the "Central Processing Unit". Usually contained on a single chip housed in box popularly referred to as the "Computer". A peripheral is housed external to the computer box. A printer is an example of a peripheral.ContinuedA peripheral is anything that digitally communicates with the CPU. This includes everything digital on the motherboard and all the supporting subsystems on the CPU die. BIOS, RAM, North Bridge, South Bridge, L1 Cache, L2 Cache, etc...


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What the difference between central processing unit and system unit?

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Why CPU is not called as peripheral device?

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Give five components of the system unit?

A typical motherboard contains the CPU, memory, storage, ROM BIOS, Southbridge and Northbridge chipsets, cooling fans, peripheral connector slots, connectors for peripheral devices, the battery backup and the power connector.


Is a microprocessor an example of a peripheral?

A micro processor is commonly thought to be the central processing unit of a computer system. This CPU may contain peripheral devices on the same chip, and connects to peripheral devices located on different chips. Thus, a micro processor is not commonly thought to be a peripheral. However, a micro processor is often used to create a peripheral device. For example, a hard disk drive is a peripheral device to your PC's CPU. However, the electronics within that hard disk drive itself may contain another micro processor. This micro processor acts as the CPU within the realm of the hard disk drive, but towards the total PC system, it implements a peripheral device of the central processing unit.


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...).


How are peripheral devices logged to the CPU?

Peripheral devices are connected and logged to the CPU through interfaces like USB, SATA, or PCIe, which facilitate communication between the device and the processor. When a peripheral is connected, the operating system detects it using device drivers that manage data transfer and functionality. The CPU then communicates with the device through memory-mapped I/O or direct I/O, allowing the system to recognize and interact with the peripheral efficiently.


What is the difference between a CPU and a GPU?

The difference between a CPU and a GPU is that a CPU stands for central processing unit: (computer science) the part of a computer (a microprocessor chip) that does most of the data processing; "the CPU and the memory from the CPU and the memory form the central part of a computer to which the peripherals are attached". GPU stands for a graphics processing unit (also occasionally called visual processing unit or VPU) is a specialized processor that offloads #D graphics rendering from the microprocessor. It is used in embedded systems, mobile phones, personal computers, workstations, and game consoles.


What is the differnece between the CPU and CU?

The CPU (Central Processing Unit) is the primary component of a computer that performs most of the processing tasks, executing instructions from programs. Within the CPU, the CU (Control Unit) is a specific part that manages and coordinates the activities of the CPU, directing the flow of data between the CPU's various components and between the CPU and other hardware. Essentially, while the CPU encompasses the entire processing unit, the CU is responsible for controlling the execution of instructions.