A certain computer is advertised as having a 2.7 GHz processor, referring to the _______________.
A) the amount of RAM
B) the speed of the RAM
C) the number of transistors per square inch on the CPU
D) the number of instructions that can be processed per second by the CPU

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The 2.7 GHz processor speed refers to the number of cycles per second that the CPU can execute, which translates to the number of instructions it can process per second. GHz stands for gigahertz, or billion cycles per second.

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