A computer's microprocessor is also known as its "brain."
The central processing unit (CPU) of a computer also is known as the computer's "brain." It is the mechanism responsible for all the calculations and operations of the system.
Pentium® 4 Microprocessor
Intel first introduced the Pentium® 4 processor in 2000. The NetBurst microarchitecture of the Pentium® 4 was intended to increase CPU performance by increasing the microprocessor speed.
CPU Speed
Clock speed is a measure of how quickly the CPU executes calculations. A Pentium® 4 2.66 GHz processor is a microprocessor with a clock speed of 2.66 GHz or 2.66 billion cycles per second. The 2.66 GHz Pentium® 4 was introduced in May 2002.
256 MB RAM
Random access memory (RAM) is the memory a computer uses to run programs, such as Windows. 256 MB (megabytes) of RAM often came installed on computers that had the Pentium® 4 processor, but had no relationship to the processor itself. The computer could have more or less RAM installed.
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