IB Computer Science — Topic 1.1

Hardware and operation

Computer hardware and operation

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1.1.1CPU components1.1.2The GPU1.1.4Primary memory1.1.5Fetch–decode–execute1.1.7Secondary storage1.1.8Compression1.1.9Cloud services

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