From the course: CompTIA IT Fundamentals (FC0-U61) Cert Prep 1: Computer Basics, Hardware, and Operating Systems
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CPUs
- You might have heard the central processing unit or CPU referred to as the brain of the computer which is kind of true but also misleading because CPUs aren't really smart. They're just so unbelievably fast at doing basic math that they seem brilliant. Because there's so much math and jargon involved though, it's often intimidating to learn about CPUs. So let's start off with a simple analogy. My college roommate, Charles Percival Unger, nicknamed CPU, was an interesting roommate. He was the fastest human being I've ever met. He was super cooperative and good at following directions, but he was kind of an idiot. Let me explain, CPU was great at doing what you asked him to do, but he applied literally no common sense to your directions. He would always do exactly what you asked him to do. So if you asked him to pick up his room. He would literally try to lift his entire room. If you asked him to keep it down, he'd lay on the…
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