Theory Exam Puzzle

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Across
  1. 2. Provides temporary storage for the operating system
  2. 5. Embedded in the motherboard to perform critical booting operations
  3. 6. A unit of frequency equal to one billion cycles per second
  4. 7. The wiring inside of computers
  5. 8. A piece of metal that draws heat from the CPU
  6. 10. unique numerical values to letters, numbers, and symbols to represent text in computers and electronic communications
  7. 11. The "brain" of a computer, responsible for executing instructions from software and processing data
  8. 12. A metal disk that retains stored data even when power isn't being supplied.
  9. 13. a small, fast-access memory used to store frequently accessed data to improve computer performance
Down
  1. 1. An ____ drive stores data by using tiny pits and lands on its surface
  2. 3. Green circuit board that connects everything
  3. 4. A data storage device that uses integrated circuits and flash memory to store data persistently, related to HDD
  4. 6. A printed circuit board that controls the output to a display screen.
  5. 9. A circuit within a computer's CPU that performs all arithmetic and logical operations on binary numbers
  6. 13. Sends electricity throughout the computer billions of times per second