Motherboard review

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Across
  1. 1. electrical current that does not change over time
  2. 4. serial data transfer, typically used for mass storage devices
  3. 8. closest to CPU used for high speed devices
  4. 12. used to add hardware to the bus system
  5. 14. supplies power in black outs
  6. 15. power connector that provides power to the cpu
  7. 16. System of buses and components
  8. 18. electrical current that alternates over time
  9. 19. provides no protection for electronics
  10. 21. has four sizes of slots 1,4,8,16
  11. 23. minimum protection for electronics
Down
  1. 2. connects buses of different speeds, removes load from cpu
  2. 3. unit of power PSU are rated in
  3. 5. peripheral connector four pins
  4. 6. firmware of the motherboard that is responsible for controlling all hardware devices that are installed.
  5. 7. farther away from cpu used for low speed devices
  6. 9. connector used to power floppy drives
  7. 10. where RAM is installed
  8. 11. allows PSU to work in US and Europe
  9. 13. the footprint of the MB
  10. 17. amount of data a bus can move
  11. 20. A collection of conductors
  12. 22. common MB form factor, has a standard power connector
  13. 24. used large ribbon cables, typically for HDD and optical drives