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Which of the following statements about the Central Processing Unit (CPU) is/are correct? The CPU is often referred to as the 'brain' of the computer. The CPU consists of three main units: the control unit (CU), arithmetic logic unit (ALU), and cache memory.

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Both statements are correct. The CPU is indeed the brain of the computer and consists of the control unit, arithmetic logic unit, and registers (cache is a type of memory separate from the CPU itself).

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