Anatomy of a Computer

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Across
  1. 2. Its required by most mice and keyboards.
  2. 5. Old printers and scanners are often connected to this.
  3. 7. It allows peripherals to communicate quickly with the processor.
  4. 9. It stores most of your computer's components and it sends data traffic to and from devices.
  5. 11. It acts as the brain which carries out your computer's instructions.
  6. 13. Before starting your main OS, it performs system checks, and allows communication between the processor and the PC's peripherals.
Down
  1. 1. You can use this to connect many types of peripherals and they are also hot-swappable like usb ports.
  2. 3. It's much slower than a usb port, but you can connect older keyboards, mice and modems to this.
  3. 4. It stores the graphics card, which gives the image to the monitor.
  4. 6. It directs power through multicolored wires to each device.
  5. 8. It provides better sound quality than a sound chip.
  6. 10. It keeps temporary information, such as data relating to open programs, which is stored by the CPU.
  7. 12. Many peripherals require this connection. Data from this port, and power from the computer can be drawn from some devices.