2.3 Key Terms

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Across
  1. 2. A type of filter that allows certain polarized light waves to pass through and can block other types of polarized light.
  2. 3. The logical structure behind how a processor executes instructions
  3. 7. The register stores information acquired from the arithmetic logic unit.
  4. 8. Wireless networking technology providing wireless network access to computers.
  5. 9. The physical or logical unit which can independently process all computational functions
  6. 11. The smallest unit of measurement used to quantify computer data.
  7. 12. The amount of space occupied by an object
Down
  1. 1. A circuit board designed to be plugged directly into the motherboard to improve the motherboard’s functionality.
  2. 4. A component that can store an electrical charge.
  3. 5. Measuring at roughly 9.6” x 9.6” long, this was designed to reduce the overall system cost.
  4. 6. A measurement for identifying the size of multiple storage units and is the equivalent of 1,000,000,000,000,000,000 bytes.
  5. 10. The mechanism that holds the platters of an HDD in place.