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[Acronym] for __C__entral __P__rocessing __U__nit. |
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The bit of the computer that does all the execution of commands. |
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There are several different arch's that Linux supports, including (but not exclusively): |
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* [ia32] (also known as ix86 - includes most Intel and [AMD] chips) |
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* [ia64] |
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* [PowerPC] |
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* [Alpha] |
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* [SPARC] |
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Other CPU families include: |
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* [680x0] (made by [Motorola]) |
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* [ARM] |
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CPUs come in 2 flavours: [RISC] and [CISC], although the lines between the 2 are not clear-cut as they should be in theory... |
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See [CPUSockets] for cpu fittings onto motherboards, and MotherboardMonitoring for checking the current temperature of your CPU (under linux). |
