Exploring computer systems vocabulary
Across
- 5. anything that obstructs or inhibits current.
- 6. electronic pen
- 9. The amount of time that it takes RAM to receive a request from the processor and then read or write data
- 10. processor with more than one core.
- 14. users can input text by writing with stylus.
- 17. an instruction for the computer to perform some action.
- 18. network of electronic components.
- 19. software can make images on the monitor much larger for people who have difficulty seeing.
Down
- 1. several devices that perform the four basic functions of computing:
- 2. storage space on the hard disk that can function as memory when needed.
- 3. switches
- 4. the electricity briefly travels in one direction and then reverses direction.
- 7. users can input text by speaking into a microphone.
- 8. Flow of eletricity
- 11. Law that says that the current, or flow of electricity, through a wire is directly proportional to the voltage pushing electricity through the wire.
- 12. device that transfers electricity from one circuit to another.
- 13. Makes possible data travels from one device to another
- 15. constant flow of electricity
- 16. read only memory