Anatomy of a Computer
Across
- 6. Also known as a COM (Communications) port.
- 8. The “C” in PCI stands for this.
- 10. Many BIOSes let you do this to some system activities.
- 12. PSU stands for this.
- 13. The PSU funnels power through the multicoloured cables to each of these.
Down
- 1. When the RAM reaches its capacity, this redirects the excess data to your hard drive.
- 2. The CPU carries out your computer’s what?
- 3. They usually colour the keyboard PS/2 ports purple.
- 4. An older printer or scanner will connect through this.
- 5. These usually attach to the motherboard’s PCI slots.
- 7. The most popular sizes of these are ATX and microATX.
- 9. The AGP houses your graphics card, which supplies the image to this.
- 11. You can use this to connect many different types of peripherals.