transistor, The reason computers use binary. It is a voltage controlled switch which is used to carryout all the instructions., bit, The short version of a binary digit, binary, The language that ALL computers use at the transistor level., sand, The raw material used for making transistors and therefore CPU's., silicon, All CPU's ultimately are made from this material which is processed from sand. There is a valley in California named after this stuff where many CPU's are developed such as Intel., on, The condition of the transistor when the logic level is a 1, off, The condition of the transistor when the logic level is a zero, switch, A transistor is a voltage controlled ........, billion, A modern day CPU contains approximately 17 ........... transistors., processor, The heart of the computer where all the logic systems are found, ie the "P" of the "CPU".

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