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