key terms: hardware

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  1. 3. Electric Fan that is placed inside the chassis to allow for proper ventilation to prevent components from overheating
  2. 5. The piece of hardware that handles a computer’s instructions from other hardware and software
  3. 7. The logical structure behind how a processor executes instructions.
  4. 9. Also referred to as water cooling. This is a method of cooling where cool water runs to the CPU and once it gets hot, the water runs back to the radiator to be cooled back down.
  5. 10. Motherboard size thats designed to hold many expansion slots
  6. 12. small ram
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  1. 1. A type of filter that allows certain polarized light waves to pass through and can block other types of polarized light.
  2. 2. A component that can store an electrical charge
  3. 4. The register stores information acquired from the arithmetic logic unit
  4. 6. Wireless connection internet
  5. 8. An aluminum or copper plate that covers the CPU and allows for proper heat dissipation
  6. 11. Type of CPU architecture primarily used in mobile devices