anatomy of a computer

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Across
  1. 5. that houses most of your computer’s components and directs datatraffic to and from the appropriate devices
  2. 6. stores temporary information (random access memory)
  3. 8. brain that carries out your computer’s instructions
  4. 9. peripheral component interconnect
  5. 11. a connector by which a device that sends data one bit at a time may be connected to a computer
  6. 13. funnels power through the multicolored cables to each device
Down
  1. 1. use it to connect many different types of peripherals, including digital cameras and digital video cameras.
  2. 2. lets the processor communicate with the PC’s peripherals
  3. 3. common interface that enables communication between devices and a host controller such as a personal computer
  4. 4. a connector for a device that sends or receives several bits of data simultaneously by using more than one wire
  5. 7. expansion card that allows the computer to send audio information to an audio device, like speakers, a pair of headphones
  6. 10. referred to as the mouse port or keyboard port
  7. 12. houses your graphics card, which supplies the image to the monitor.