Across
- 1. a storage location used to temporarily store data used by servers, apps, and browsers to speed load times
- 3. A hardware component responsible for rendering and displaying images, videos, and animations on your computer monitor.
- 5. a device performing a Boolean logic operation on one or more binary inputs and then outputs a single binary output.
- 7. the delay that happens between when a user takes an action on a network or web application and when it reaches its destination, which is measured in milliseconds.
- 9. a semiconductor device used to amplify or switch electrical signals and power
- 10. The Northbridge part of the chipset controls the high-speed channels, while the Southbridge controls the lower speed devices.
- 11. It's equal to one billion hertz
- 12. American Standard Code for Information Interchange
- 14. it can retain the stored data even when no power is supplied to the device.(HDD)
- 16. Uses a laser light to read data from or write data to an optical disc
- 17. A terabyte is bigger than a _______. A terabyte has 1,024 ___.
- 19. international character encoding standard
Down
- 1. circuitry within a computer's processor that directs operations
- 2. memory address _____ is primarily utilised for memory reading and writing operations
- 4. the tactic of manipulating, influencing, or deceiving a victim in order to gain control over a computer system, or to steal personal and financial information.
- 6. 8 bits. A group of binary digits or bits (usually eight) operated on as a unit.
- 8. Central Processing Unit
- 13. store data using flash-based memory, which is much faster than the traditional hard disks they've come to replace.
- 15. arithmetic logic unit
- 18. Basic Input/Output System
