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CPU

Central Processing Unit. The integrated circuit (chip)

responsible for integrating program instructions, performing

calculations, and controlling all input and output operations.

Driver

A program that controls a specific piece of equipment in the

system. Examples of drivers include expanded memory

managers, display drivers, printer drivers, and mouse drivers.

IDE

Integrated Drive Electronics. A type of hard disk drive interface

in which the controller is on the drive instead of on a controller

card. Your computer includes an interface on the main system

board for up to two IDE hard disk drives.

ISA

Industry Standard Architecture. The 8-or 16-bit bus standard

developed for IBM compatible computers.

Jumper

A small moveable plug that connects two pins on a device’s

circuit board. Jumpers alter the operation of a particular

function.

Local bus

An internal group of wires that sends information from the

microprocessor directly to the video controller in the computer.

Local bus video provides increased performance.

Math coprocessor

See Coprocessor.

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