... the past two decades the development of the microprocessor has influenced the rapid growth of the computer technology. Intel (world leader in the production and development of microprocessors) has been developing its processors since 1979, but 1993 was the turning point when it introduce the Pentium processor.4 This was also the period, when computer components from different manufacturers started to develop. Ever since that: new, faster, and more powerful components have been constantly produced to replace the old ones. Nowadays the AMD processors are also very powerful and common. The 4 parts which make up a basic computer are: the input devices, the output devices, the processor and the storage device. An input device is a device which gets information from the outside and digitizes it, while the output device gets the information that has been stored or processed inside the computer out in an appropriate format. The CPU (Central ...

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