Anatomy of a Computer

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Across
  1. 3. lets peripherals communicate with the professor quickly.
  2. 5. motherboards often have integrated sound chips, if it does not, you can buy one of these.
  3. 7. funnels power through multicoloured wires
  4. 9. older printers/scanners need to be connected to these.
  5. 10. stores temporary information, when it reaches its full capacity, it moves the information to your hard drive.
  6. 11. the brain that holds your computer's instructions.
  7. 12. many peripherals such as printers, and MP3 players require these to make connections.
Down
  1. 1. houses your graphics card, which allows the image to get to the monitor.
  2. 2. transfers data up to 400mbps, used to connect many different types of peripherals, including cameras.
  3. 4. houses computer's components and directs data to the appropriate devices.
  4. 6. the motherboard installs
  5. 8. much slower than usb and firewire ports. also known as com (communication) ports.
  6. 9. newer mice and keyboard require usb's, but most require these ports.