Basic Puzzle

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Across
  1. 2. Likes to chase mice
  2. 4. the program a computer's microprocessor uses to start the computer system after it is powered on.
  3. 6. Large marsupial
  4. 9. A printed circuit board containing the principal components of a computer or other device, with connectors into which other circuit boards can be slotted.
  5. 10. hardware component responsible for rendering and displaying images, videos, and animations on your computer monitor.
  6. 11. Flying mammal
  7. 12. responsible for managing various peripheral devices connected to the computer
  8. 14. reads and writes data on optical discs.
  9. 16. Has a trunk
  10. 18. hardware or software that is used to store something, usually data, temporarily.
  11. 19. The clock is a microchip that regulates the ___ and speed of all computer functions
  12. 20. a piece of software that enables communication between an operating system or application and hardware or peripheral devices.
Down
  1. 1. the controller that interconnects the CPU to memory via the frontside bus (FSB).
  2. 3. Man's best friend
  3. 5. ASCII was extended to this to add non-English characters
  4. 7. system software that manages computer hardware and software resources, and provides common services for computer programs.
  5. 8. psychological manipulation to trick users into making security mistakes or giving away sensitive information.
  6. 13. The CPU is the processor in a computer that orchestrates the flow of ___ and coordinates instructions between different computer components.
  7. 15. A solid state hard drive has no moving ___.
  8. 17. the hardware component that stores all of your digital content.