After reading this chapter, you should be able to answer the following questions:
- What is a switch and how does it work in a computer?
- What is the binary number system, and what role does it play in a computer system?
- What is inside the CPU, and how do these components operate?
- How does a CPU process data and instructions?
- What is cache memory?
- What types of RAM are there?
- What is a bus, and how does it function in a computer system?
- How do manufacturers make CPUs so that they run faster?
