Hardware

Across

2. – A motherboard and power supply form factor and configuration specification developed by Intel.
9. – A hardware component that allows a computer to connect to a network.
15. – A digital connection standard used to transmit video and audio from a source device to a compatible display or audio system.
16. – A video display connection used to send digital video from a computer to a monitor or projector.
28. – A small motherboard form factor designed for compact computers and systems.
29. – A flat-screen technology used to show images or text on electronic devices.
30. – A smaller motherboard form factor designed to fit in compact computer cases.
31. – A standard wired technology used to connect computers and devices in a local area network.
33. – A standard technology used to build microchips, processors, memory, and digital circuits found in nearly all modern devices.
34. – Dedicated computer memory used to store image data, textures, and a framebuffer so a graphics processor can quickly render visuals.
35. – A devices short-term computer memory used to temporarily store data and programs currently being used.
36. – A modern computer storage device that permanently saves data using flash memory.

Down

1. – A standard computer interface used to connect internal storage devices.
3. – A standard memory module containing RAM used in desktop computers.
4. – A graphics chip built directly into the main processor of a computer.
5. – A standard hardware interface used to connect storage devices such as hard disk drives.
6. – The primary hardware component that acts as the brain of a computer and carries out instructions from software programs.
7. – A data storage device that uses magnetic storage to save and retrieve digital information.
8. – A specialized electronic circuit designed to rapidly process and render images, videos, and 3D graphics.
10. – A text-based method used to interact with a computer program or operating system.
11. – Essential startup software built for the motherboard that wakes up hardware and launches the operating system.
12. – Modern software that initializes a computers hardware and helps launch the operating system when the computer is turned on.
13. – An external data storage system that uses solid-state drives instead of traditional spinning hard disk drives.
14. _Independent Disks – A technology that combines multiple physical hard drives or solid-state drives into a single virtual storage unit to improve speed, reliability, or both.
17. – A digital circuit inside a computer processor that performs mathematical and logical operations.
18. – The standard proprietary journaling file system created by Microsoft for Windows operating systems.
19. – A motherboard form factor family designed for computer systems of different sizes.
20. – Non-volatile memory that stores data that remains available even when the computer is turned off.
21. – A global standard connection used to transfer data and supply electrical power between computers and electronic devices.
22. – A metric measured in watts that represents the amount of heat a computer component, usually a processor or graphics processor, is expected to generate under a normal workload.
23. – A high-speed storage protocol designed for solid-state drives.
24. – An analog computer display standard and connection type introduced by IBM in 1987.
25. – A specialized computer chip designed to run artificial intelligence and machine-learning tasks quickly and efficiently.
26. – A main component of the processor that directs the operation of the computer.
27. – A type of malicious software that can copy itself by attaching to files or programs and cause unwanted or harmful changes.
32. Management Console – A built-in Windows framework that creates, saves, and opens administrative tools used to manage hardware, software, and network components.