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   ocr: Shrinking the system. The llustration is being shrunk doun to size to Make further explanations easier. Note that the. Central To, Processing Unit (CPU) is not printer- to. scale. even in this sMaller : 900000000L Tlustration. actually KeMember, on a the single CPU chip is Bus inside the computer. Random Cenfral Processing Some things have been Access Unif (CPU) left out: The power supply, Memory the fan, for speaker, example. and the cooling (RAM) Disk Drives They do not contribute Much towards understanding KJ E 9 B 0J AJ RJ D hoH a computer works. Page 45 Copyright C, 1991, Chester Langin, ...