Across
- 1. lots of the newer mice and keyboards require this and are generally colored purple or green
- 4. transfers data as fast as 400Mbps
- 5. MP3 players and modern computers require them. It also ports transfer data at 12Mbps
- 8. houses your graphics card, which supplies
- 9. the brain that carry's out your computers instructions
- 10. let peripherals communicate quickly with the processor.
- 12. houses most of your computer’s components and directs data traffic to and from the appropriate devices.
Down
- 1. you could probably connect it to an older printer or scanner
- 2. activates when you turn on the computer and per forms system checks before starting your main OS.
- 3. you can attach them to older keyboards and mice. they are much slower than USB and FireWire ports
- 6. they often have integrated sound chips. they often attach to the motherboards PCI slots
- 7. It funnels power through the multicolored cables to each device
- 11. stores temporary information
