Across
- 4. The "building block" for digital circuits with an input and an output that perform basic logical functions.
- 6. A storage device to store all of your main and long-term data, such as application data, the operating system(s) and files.
- 7. American Standard Code for Information Interchange; one of the older and first methods used to represent text using numeric values.
- 9. The method used by hackers to target a specific person and try to steal their personal information.
- 12. A different method used to represent text; consisting of thousands and thousands of different characters and symbols used to represent text.
Down
- 1. A storage that uses flash memory for data storage, used as a faster and more reliable method for access rather than regular hard drives.
- 2. A storage device that uses laser technology to read and write data. It uses it on optical discs such as CDs, DVDs, Blu-Rays, etc.
- 3. Basic Input/Output System, the system that runs the hardware and most of the components such as the GPU and the Operating System while the computer is turning on. It basically turns the computer on and gets everything ready.
- 5. A component used as a fan/cooler to remove heat and prevent overheating in components such as the CPU and GPU
- 8. A mathematic table used to organize and determine the output of a logic gate with a certain input with a certain type of or group of combinations.
- 10. The time it takes for data to go from one point to another.
- 11. Also known as the highway, some examples are the Northbridge and Southbridge, these components are used to connect other components such as the CPU, RAM and other components with high-communication speeds and even slow components.