Across
- 3. a small, thin disc that can hold a high volume of information.
- 6. is the arrow or other icon you see that tracks the mouse position.
- 8. an electronic visual display used in just about every type of computer.
- 9. is the main form of user input for most desktop and laptop computers.
- 12. provide these kinds of output for your computer.
- 14. offers a fast and flexible way to interact with a computer program.
- 15. that "print" using streams of quick-setting plastic or other materials instead of ink.
- 17. responsible for providing sound and music output from your computer.
- 19. able to create a very crisp, life-like representation of both text and image on the page.
- 20. you use to connect your television and cable box. The HDMI and DVI cables not only simplify the connection between monitor and computer, they also offer better data rates and, as a result, better graphics on your monitor.
- 21. an output device that creates a physical copy of text, documents, or graphics on paper.
- 22. allow you to communicate these commands and data to the computer.
Down
- 1. semiconductor device used to amplify or switch electronic signals and are smaller, cooler, and more reliable than vacuum tubes.
- 2. create electronic signals.
- 4. The hardware pieces you can attach to computer to help malfunction.
- 5. use a traveling "head" that moves back and forth on the paper, building text and images by squirting very small spots of ink.
- 7. standardize the connection of computer peripherals to personal computers, both to communicate and to supply power.
- 10. that each of its keys has only two possible states
- 11. transistors, other components and their necessary wiring were integrated into a single, mass-manufactured component called______.
- 13. a built-in mouse
- 16. Computer operating systems will use small software packages to understand how to use peripherals when they connect.
- 18. video camera that can be plugged into your computer.