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1. The case that contains and protects the motherboard, hard drive, memory, and other electronic components of the computer from damage
3. Short for binary digit; the smallest unit of data a computer can process.
4. Determines the speed at which data in a computer travels, also referred to as word size.
5. When 8 bits are grouped together
7. monitor and computer house together
9. A small piece of semiconducting material, usually silicon, on which integrated circuits are etched.
10. Storing electronic files on the Internet, not on a local computer
11. The number of instructions a CPU can process in a second.
12. Each tick of the system clock.
13. A complex integrated circuit consisting of millions of electronic parts and is primarily responsible for converting input (data) into meaningful output (information).

2. Responsible for performing arithmetic operations in the CPU
5. A test run by a laboratory or other organization to determine processor speed and other performance factors.
6. A number system that has two digits, 0 and 1.
8. Wires on which data travels to and from the CPU.
14. An 8-bit coding scheme