Basic Puzzle

4. Software that supports a computer’s basic functions
6. Programs that you can run on a computer to perform a specific task
8. smallest holder of data built into the processor, super fast and small, holds the data the CPU is currently processing
10. an electronic pathway through which data can be transferred
11. part of the chipset, helps with quick communication between the memory card and the graphics card
12. a character encoding standard for electronic communication
13. fast and small memory that holds recently used data and about to be used data
15. part of the chipset, with communication between all the other components and Input/Output systems in the computer

1. a text encoding standard designed to support the use of text in the world's digitized writing systems
2. a type of computer storage device that uses integrated circuits to store data persistently
3. Runs in background, keeps your computer running
5. a piece of computer hardware that reads and writes data on optical discs
7. Makes apps and hardware work with the computer
9. the delay that happens between when a user takes an action on a web application
10. helps to initialize hardware operations and manage the data flow to and from the operating system
14. a device that stores digital data on spinning, magnetic disks