Computer » Basic Computer fundamentals

QUESTION

The brain of any computer system is

A)

ALU

B)

Hard disk

C)

CPU

D)

Monitor

SOLUTION

The brain of any computer system is CPU. A central processing unit (CPU) is the electronic circuitry within a computer that carries out the instructions of a computer program by performing the basic arithmetic, logical, control and input/output (I/O) operations specified by the instructions.