Computer Components

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Across
  1. 2. a piece of hardware attached to a computer system used to produce sound
  2. 4. an input device that allows a person to enter letters, numbers, and other symbols (together, called characters) into a computer.
  3. 6. a printed circuit board containing the principal components of a computer or other device, with connectors into which other circuit boards can be slotted.
  4. 7. a long-life and non-volatile storage chat is widely used in embedded systems
  5. 12. allows your computers, smartphones, tablets, and other devices to connect to the internet.
  6. 13. a semiconductor-based storage device, which typically uses NAND flash memory to save persistent data
  7. 17. a hardware device that converts AC electricity into DC electricity and then distributes it to the rest of the computer
  8. 18. a device that connects two or more packet-switched networks or subnetworks
  9. 19. a device that prints documents and images onto paper or other materials.
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  1. 1. physical computer component that stores data, including programs, pictures, documents and your operating system
  2. 2. a device that allows you to digitize physical documents, images, or even objects, and convert them into a digital format that can be viewed, edited, and stored on a computer.
  3. 3. hardware attached to a computer system that provides the system with extra functions but does not contribute to its primary function
  4. 5. a hand-held pointing device that detects two-dimensional motion relative to a surface.
  5. 8. a type of computer memory that can only be read from, not written to
  6. 9. provides high-speed, short-term memory for your computer's CPU.
  7. 10. supplementary memory system that temporarily stores frequently used instructions and data for quicker processing by the central processing unit (CPU) of a computer.
  8. 11. an electronic device with a screen used for display (as of television pictures or computer information)
  9. 14. allows devices to communicate with each other without cables or wires.
  10. 15. Computing tasks like graphics rendering, machine learning (ML), and video editing require the application of similar mathematical operations on a large dataset.
  11. 16. a computer's main hardware component that controls and processes information.