Terms
Across
- 5. Sink cools the CPU down.
- 8. 8 bits hold 256 values, 0-255
- 9. the actual data for the calculations
- 10. the process of a computer's central processing unit (CPU) carrying out the instructions of a program. (Does the instructions(doing))
- 12. Brain of the computer that carries out tasks.
- 13. Computer’s short term memory that temporarily stores data for quick access by the CPU.
- 15. holds all the components of a computer - allows communication between them all
Down
- 1. base 2, 1 or 0, language of computers
- 2. gives power to the computes
- 3. the process of converting encoded or compressed data back into its original, understandable format. (Interprets instructions(thinking))
- 4. CD drive, DVD player, blue ray (removable media)
- 6. The outside of a computer-it holds everything
- 7. the process of retrieving an instruction or data from memory for the CPU to process (Gets instructions(listening))
- 8. the smallest unit of data in computing, a binary digit that can have one of two values: 0 or 1.
- 11. Measure of a CPU's processor speed, indicating how many cycles it can perform per second, and is measured in Hertz (Hz).
- 14. where commonly used data stored to be sent to the register