Basic Puzzle
Across
- 1. How much time it takes for a data packet to travel from one designated point to another.
- 3. A unit of data that is eight binary digits long.
- 7. A storage space for units of memory that are used to transfer data for immediate use by the CPU (Central Processing Unit) for data processing.
- 9. A computer's central communications backbone connectivity point.
- 10. A character encoding standard for electronic communication.
- 11. A collection of electronic components that work together to enable the functioning of a computer system,typically made up of the north bridge and south bridge.
- 12. A storage location used to temporarily store data used by servers, apps, and browsers to speed load times.
- 13. A combinational digital circuit that performs arithmetic and bitwise operations on integer binary numbers.
- 14. Measures the number of cycles your CPU executes per second.
Down
- 2. A miniature semiconductor that regulates or controls current or voltage flow in addition to amplifying and generating these electrical signals and acting as a switch or gate for them.
- 3. A system of numerical notation to the base 2, in which each place of a number, expressed as 0 or 1, corresponds to a power of 2.
- 4. An international encoding standard for use with different languages and scripts, by which each letter, digit, or symbol is assigned a unique numeric value that applies across different platforms and programs.
- 5. A device that performs a Boolean function, a logical operation performed on one or more binary inputs that produces a single binary output.
- 6. Subcomponent of a central processing unit (CPU) that manages a computer's operations.
- 8. Computer or laptop's short-term memory.
- 12. Determines how fast the processor executes its instructions.