IC3 - Unit 1 - Hardware
Across
- 1. Memory that can be changed.
- 7. Memory that cannot be changed.
- 9. Speed rating of a CPU.
- 10. Transformation of input data and acting on those data.
- 11. Processing device designed to meet the needs of an individual user, whether in the home, a business, or a school.
- 13. Where data are kept by the computer so the information can be viewed, played, or otherwise used.
- 14. Type your name in this location to prove you completed the puzzle
- 15. Data provided to the user.
- 16. Measurement of the speed of mainframes.
- 21. the use of a small program to get the computer running and the OS loaded.
- 25. Connects all of the hardware in the computer.
- 26. Industry standard for communication between devices and the computer.
- 27. Physical components of the computer.
- 28. Temporarily holds data that are being processed and handles all arithmetic operations such as addition and subtraction.
Down
- 2. Device that fetches coded instructions, decodes them, and then runs or executes them.
- 3. Has processing power that can handle complex jobs beyond the scope of other computer systems.
- 4. Part of the computer that stores information for immediate processing.
- 5. Attached device that is not critical to computer operation.
- 6. Computer with its attached devices.
- 8. Measurement of the speed of supercomputers.
- 12. Software that manages all of the devices, as well as locates and provides instructions to the CPU.
- 17. Function that translates data from the human world into computer data.
- 18. Provides centralized storage, processing, and overall management of large amounts of data.
- 19. Point of interface between the motherboard and external device.
- 20. Device that makes it possible for the user to provide communication to the computer.
- 22. Fetches each instruction from the list directed by the program being run.
- 23. Stores data and responds when requested by other computers in the network.
- 24. Circuitry and software that hold instructions for initializing the hardware and loading the main OS.