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THE SYSTEM UNIT

     - The Motherboard

PROCESSOR

     - The Control Unit

     - The Arithmetic Logic Unit

     - Machine Cycle

     - Registers

     - The System Clock

     - Comparison of Personal Computer Processors

     - Buying a Personal Computer

     - Processor Cooling

     - Parallel Processing

DATA REPRESENTTATION

MEMORY

     - Bytes and Addressable Memory

     - Memory Sizes

     - Types of Memory
     - RAM
     - Cache
     - ROM
     - Flash Memory

     - CMOS

     - Memory Access Times

EXPANSION SLOTS AND ADAPTER CARDS

     - Removable Flash Memory

PORTS AND CONNECTORS
     - USB Ports
     - FireWire Ports
     - Other Ports
     - Port Replicators and Docking Stations

BUSES
     - Expansion Bus

BAYS

POWER SUPPLY

PUTTING IT ALL TOGETHER

KEEPING YOUR COMPUTER OR MOBILE DEVICE CLEAN

CHAPTER SUMMARY

HIGH-TECH TALK
     - Random Access Memory (RAM): The Genius of Memory

COMPANIES ON THE CUTTING EDGE
     - NVIDIA
     - Intel

TECHNOLOGY TRAILBLAZERS
     - Jack Kilby
     - Gordon Moore