Anatomy of a Computer

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Across
  1. 2. This port is a hot-swappable, meaning you can unplug it, and connect another device without rebooting.
  2. 4. It is considered the brain that carries out instructions and is Marcello's favourite answer to questions.
  3. 7. If your motherboard doesn't have a sound chip,you can buy this for better sound quality.
  4. 8. A large PCB that houses of most of your computer's components and directs data traffic to and from the appropriate device.
  5. 11. Houses your Graphics card, which supplies the image to the monitor.
  6. 12. It funnels power through the multicolored cables to each device.
  7. 13. When this part of a computer reaches it's capacity redirects the excess data to your hard drive.
Down
  1. 1. Altough some newer mice and keyboards include USB cables most require this.
  2. 3. You can add devices such as modern sound devices and sound cards to the slot.
  3. 5. Much slower then USB and FireWire ports, and are also known as a COM.
  4. 6. Some devices are able to draw power from the computer in addition to data from the port.
  5. 9. If you have an older printer or scanner you probably would connect with is port.
  6. 10. Activates you turn on the computer and perform system checks before starting the main OS.