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Thursday, September 13, 2007

7:30 PM

Good news!!! i finally understand what clock speed are!!! with the help of mr caville i understand what they're roles are and what they are used for!

just a general description of what clock speed is :
Some people use clock speed to measure the speed of the processor. Generally clock speed is measured in MHz (megahertz or million of pulses per second) and GHz (gigahertz or billions of pulses per second), the clock speed determines the amount of cycles the clock speed has per second meaning if there is more clock speed it perform the operation quicker. However this isn’t the case for some, as mentioned earlier some computers can get sub-processors and multiple cores so even if the clock speed of these processors is lower it still operates multiple programs at a time meaning you get to do the same thing as a processor with high clock speed at the same given time. Although as a single processor, a processor with a higher clock speed may appear to be better but a processor with a low clock speed can also have its advantages such as the price of a low clock speed processor will be cheaper to purchase and the low clock speed processor will generate less heat when you use it but overall the processor you get will depend on the work that you have to do e.g. A computer with a high clock speed processor will be most suitable for people who have to do complex work, such as a video editing program and a processor with a low clock speed will be suitable for student who don’t need toe do much work on the computer except for basic work such as working on Microsoft word.

this is the site i found that was really heplful when i was researching clock speed http://pclt.cis.yale.edu/pclt/PCHW/clockidea.htm this site uses metaphores to help explain what clockspeed is.