Across
- 1. Basic Input/Output System
- 3. is the brain that carries out your computer’s instructions
- 5. Used with older keyboard and mice and manufacturers generally color the keyboard port purple and the mouse port green
- 7. The motherboard is a large PCB that houses most of your computer’s components and directs data traffic to and from the appropriate devices
- 8. houses your graphics card, which supplies the image to the monitor.
- 9. lets peripherals communicate quickly with the processor
- 10. used to to connect many different types of peripherals
- 12. It funnels power through the multicolored cables to each device
Down
- 2. also known as a COM port used to attach older key board and mice
- 4. Universal serial bus
- 5. Used to connect an older printer or scanner to connect to your computer
- 6. Is attach to one of the mother-board’s PCI slots
- 11. where the CPU stores temporary information
