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