anatomy of a computer

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Across
  1. 1. It funnels power through multicoloured cables to each device
  2. 3. This is a mini DIN plug containing six pins
  3. 4. This activates when you turn on the computer and performs system checks before starting your main OS
  4. 6. If your computer is performing slowly with multiple programs open, you can often increase performance by adding more of this
  5. 8. A mechanism used to connect peripheral devices to computers
  6. 9. This lets peripherals communicate with the processor, you can add devices like a modem to the PCI slot
  7. 11. this houses the graphics card which supplies the image to the monitor
  8. 12. The part that houses most of the components of the computer
Down
  1. 2. You can attach some older keyboards, mice, and modems to this
  2. 3. If you have an older printer or scanner, you probably connect it to this
  3. 5. your motherboard does not have a sound chip or if you want better sound quality, you can buy
  4. 7. you can connect a device to this, unplug it, and connect another device without rebooting the computer
  5. 10. Considered as the brain of the computer