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Factors Affecting the Processing Speed of a Computer

 The circuitry design of a CPU determines its basic speed, but several additional factors can increase the processing speed of a CPU. These factors are:

1. Size of the register of the CPU
2. Size of memory (RAM)
3. Cache memory
4. Clock speed
5. Data bus
6. Address bus
7. Coprocessor

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