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Eloise McMinn Mitchell The Processor in YOUR Computer,

What does it do????

What is a processor? Well, I shall tell you. Oh, first things first, my name is Eloise. I will tell you what a processor is, what it does, and what it looks like!! So, let’s begin.

WHAT IS A PROCESSOR?!?!?!?!?!?

Well, your processor is like the brain in your computer. It is really important. This little guy tells your computer to do what you want it to. If you told your computer to go to the internet, then this little guy would have to make a micro second call to the internet, like your mum calling your friend and say “Hi, we are dropping by”, and then boom!! You are in the internet. All of this is really just stuck into a tiny little thing, and put into your computer!!!!! These are a few processors...

And your processor has lots of other pieces of technology to help it. Like the hard drive, or the RAM, (Random Access Memory, which you will learn about some other time), and the keyboard!! But they are for another document. But did you know, that your little processor has another, special, scientific name? It is also called the CPU. The Central Processing Unit. And this is a very important name for you to remember, because people will usually call your processor, a CPU. But a CPU is really important, like you now know. It will tell you computer what to do!! Knowing about your computer will help you a lot in life. And now you can understand some of that.

Your processor will be a big part of your life. And the processor is the action of thinking in a computer. I hope that you now understand what a processor is. Thanks for reading. Here are a few images to top it off. A CPU has alot of different parts!

But they can look wierd yet good at the same time too!

Thanks for reading.

By Eloise McMinn Mitchell

Bibliography

@http://www.hardware.windowsreinstall.com/processor.htm

@http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_processing_unit

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