Across
- 1. Although some newer mice and keyboards include USB cables, most require this
- 2. Heart of the computer it also directs traffic to the correct circuit
- 5. It funnels power through the multicolored cables
- 6. ports transfer data as fast as 400Mbps (megabits per second).
- 9. processes the software’s instructions to tell the computer what to do
- 12. houses your graphics card, which supplies the image to the monitor.
- 13. Holds information or data and can transfer data into device
- 14. Motherboards often have integrated _________.
Down
- 1. If you have an older printer or scanner, you probably connect the device to the parallel port
- 3. houses your graphics card,which supplies the image to the monitor.
- 4. whta allows the perifrials to communicate with computer
- 7. activates when you turn on the computer and performs system checks before starting your main OS
- 8. the brain that carries out your computer’s instructions Brain of operation
- 10. A keyboard and a mouse are _____devices
- 11. this is much slower than new USB
- 15. random access memory
