Unit 2--Part 1: Hardware
Across
- 6. Connects all of the hardware in the computer.
- 7. Controls the cursor.
- 8. Function that translates data from the human world into computer data.
- 11. Device that is used to digitize images so they can be used by the computer.
- 13. Speed rating of a CPU.
- 15. Part of CPU that temporarily holds data and handles all arithmetic operations.
- 16. Use of a small program to get the computer running and the OS loaded.
- 17. Part of the computer that stores information for immediate processing.
Down
- 1. Sealed unit that contains a stack of individual disks, or platters--magnetic media that rotate at a very high speed.
- 2. Removable peripheral device and most recognized example of SSD.
- 3. Circuitry and software that hold instructions for initializing the hardware and loading the main OS.
- 4. Part of the CPU that fetches each instruction from the list directed by the program being run.
- 5. Computer with its attached devices.
- 9. Measurement of the speed of mainframes.
- 10. Physical components of the computer.
- 12. Measurement of the speed of supercomputers.
- 14. Fetches coded instructions, decodes them, and then runs or executes them.
- 18. Type of computer that provides centralized storage, processing, and overall management of large amounts of data.