Across
- 5. Main storage device in a computer.
- 6. Average number of milliseconds it takes a computer to retrieve data from the storage device.
- 7. Ratio of width to height.
- 10. Storage method that allows a data-retrieval mechanism to quickly find data.
- 15. Measurement that determines how much data the storage device can move per second from storage to computer.
- 19. Type of hard drive that uses flash memory technology to store data as electrical rather than magnetic charges.
- 21. Technology that manipulates light within a layer of liquid crystal cells to produce an image.
Down
- 1. Bus standard developed by Apple as a high-speed method for connecting multimedia devices.
- 2. surface area that contain color on a display device.
- 3. Security technique using automated methods of recognizing a person based on a physical characteristic.
- 4. Connector located on the system case that you use to plug peripheral devices into the computer.
- 8. Smallest unit of data a computer can process.
- 9. The physical materials used to store data, such as disks and DVDs.
- 11. Circuit board that can be plugged into an expansion slot on the motherboard of a desktop or server computer.
- 12. Device that uses lasers to read and write data on plastic platters which reflects the laser light back to a sensor in an optical drive.
- 13. Scan the codes stored in an RFID tag.
- 14. Hardware that records and retrieves data from storage media.
- 16. Sequence of electronic circuitry used to transfer data among computer components.
- 17. Common type of bus that you can use to connect 127 different devices to a single USB port.
- 18. Understanding only two states--off and on, represented by 0 and 1.
- 20. Hardware or other product designed to provide comfort and avoid stress to the human body during usage.