Planet Earth Central

In this article, I’d like to talk about a little bit about computer jargon “CPU,” which is short for “central processing unit.” It’s also sometimes just referred to as simply “the processor.”

Many people don’t really get this term, so I’ll use very simple, plain-English methods of explaining it that will just make sense, much more than what you may have heard before.

I’m also going to explain to you why it is your computer seems to be slower than it was in the past. I’ll also clarify why powerful computers seem to be come wimps in short order.

I’m going to help you understand a little bit more about the {processor~The processor will make a lot more sense with my help~Reading this article will help you understand the processor better~I’ll share with you a better understanding of the CPU~The processor will make a lot more sense with my help~Reading this article will help you understand your processor better~I’ll share with you a better understanding of a computer’s processor}. Once you understand this, you can better choose the right computer for you. And that all depends how you use it.

You can think about the CPU as a brain because it is the closest equivalent to a brain in a computer. This is the component that does the main processing, which is more or less like thinking.

Another way of thinking about it is to think of it like muscles. That means a low-end computer is basically the 98 lb weakling. A high-end computer’s processor is sort of like a Charles Atlas or Arnold Schwarzenegger, someone who is very strong, maybe takes steroids and is very big and muscular.

Take the two of them: the bodybuilder and the weakling. Carrying a book across a room is no challenge to either the bodybuilder or the weakling. Either one of them can easily carry a book across a room.

But, what if the person is instead trying to move a big, 100-pound bag of cement, theweak person might not be able to make it across the room or might not even have a hope of picking it up.

If they can make it across the room, they’re probably going to stagger slowly and barely make it there since they’re attempting to do something that’s just too heavy for them to do.

The bodybuilder, on the other hand, will couldn’t miss notice} that the weight is more than a book, but they’ll be able to carry it across the room much more easily than the 98-pound weakling.

One way to think about it is like that. A professional level computer is like the bodybuilder. Your average-level computer is not the 98-pound weakling, but is like a normal, average person who is not particularly muscular. They could easily carry a book across a room, but couldn’t very easily, if at all, carry that huge bag of {concrete~They could easily lift a book, but walking with a giant back of concrete would be really hard to do~While a light book would be no problem to carry, they might not be able to do so well with the heavy cement bag~The cement bag obviously would be a nearly impossible chore, and much harder than a mere book~While a book would be an easy task to carry, the cement bag wouldn’t be so easy~They couldn’t carry something as heavy as a bag of concrete nearly as easily as a simple book, if they could at all~It would be easy for them to stroll accross a room with a book, but they’d be staggering if they tried hefting the giant cement bag}.

cement?~OK, so you may be wondering what the cement or the book are in practical terms?~In real terms, what do the cement and the book represent?~What’s the cement?} What is the book~What do I mean by the book~What does the book represent~What is the book like~Are you wondering what the book represents~Wondering what I mean by the book~Are you asking yourself what I mean with the book example~What does the example of the book represent~Just what do I mean by the book}? Let me share with you some examples. Most people are doing a few things with their computer. They’re writing, using a word processor like Word, or reading their emails.

They’re looking at web pages, listening to some music, watching some little video like a DVD or looking at some photographs. These are common things. Those are equivalent to carrying a book or something light across a room. These things are no challenge for a modern computer.

Things like editing video, is a bigger, heavier task for the computer to work with.

Playing all the latest and greatest computer games would be another example. Those activities are more like carrying that big bag of concrete, so they do need a high-end computer.

Lastly, I want to speak about is why it is, as time goes by, what once was a high-end~powerful computer goes from being Charles Atlas to being a 98-pound weakling.

Programs tend to get more complex over time. Now just because they’re designed to do more things and so are more complex, it doesn’t always follow that they’re more complex to use.

They become heavier with time, so to speak. The average weight has gotten greater over the years so that what used to be light and easy for an older computer is now heavy and harder to do.

I hope that makes sense, even if you’ve never had much luck learning basics of computer skills up to this point. It actually can be a lot simpler than you may have thought with a good source of computer training.