Anatomy of a Computer Crossword Puzzle

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  1. 3. a connector by which a device that sends data one bit at a time may be connected to a computer
  2. 5. AGP) is a parallel expansion card standard, designed for attaching a video card to a computer system to assist in the acceleration of 3D computer graphics.
  3. 9. a device which can be slotted into a computer to allow the use of audio components for multimedia applications.
  4. 10. Every desktop PC motherboard has a number of PCIe slots you can use to add GPUs (aka video cards aka graphics cards), RAID cards, Wi-Fi cards or SSD
  5. 13. a set of computer instructions in firmware which control input and output operations.
  6. 14. Short for read-only memory. Computer hardware that stores programs or data that cannot be added to, modified, or deleted
  7. 15. a printed circuit board containing the principal components of a computer or other device, with connectors into which other circuit boards can be slotted.
  8. 16. The PS/2 port is a 6-pin mini-DIN connector used for connecting keyboards and mice to a PC compatible computer system. I
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  1. 1. universal serial bus: an external serial bus interface standard for connecting peripheral devices to a computer, as in a USB port or USB cable
  2. 2. a connector for a device that sends or receives several bits of data simultaneously by using more than one wire.
  3. 4. Conducts electricity, the microprocessor has billions!
  4. 6. A power supply is a hardware component that supplies power to an electrical device.
  5. 7. access memory
  6. 8. The brain of the computer that carries out instructions
  7. 11. A small processor
  8. 12. a technology that allows high-speed communication and data exchange between a computer and a peripheral or between two computers.
  9. 14. RAM