[SOLVED] Dumb Noobie Question about MHz

[box o rocks]

I thought everything in a computer worked on DC (direct current). Memory, CPU, etc.
How can there be MHz (hertz = one cycle per second) in a DC system?

 

[kerangovender]

(MegaHertZ) One million cycles per second. MHz is used to measure the transmission speed of electronic devices, including channels, buses and the computer's internal clock. A one-megahertz clock (1 MHz) means some number of bits (1, 4, 8, 16, 32 or 64) can be manipulated at least one million times per second.

The DC current is just electricity for all electronic components to work

 

[Math Geek]

power delivery is measured in volts/amps/wattage. so it has nothing to do with the mhz clock rates around the system.

they are 2 separate things within the system.

 

[box o rocks]

I told you it was a noobie question. Thanks guys. Makes sense to me now.

 

[Math Geek]

no problem. we've all been at the "noob" stage

just keep asking and learning and you'll get it down slowly but surely.