Across
- 2. Enters data into the computer
- 4. Technology that allows high-speed communication and data exchange between a computer and a peripheral or between two computers
- 8. Retrieves program instruction and passes it on to decode
- 9. The component that supplies power to a computer
- 10. A high-speed point-to-point channel for attaching a video card to a computer system, primarily to assist in the acceleration of 3D computer graphics
- 11. A collection of code installed onto your computers hard drives
- 13. It manipulates data according to instruction, makes the computer work, takes raw data and processes it to tell the computer what to do
- 14. The primary circuit board insider your PC
- 17. They are the dots and boxes on the screen, each is assigned a value
- 18. Universal Serial Bus - the most popular way to connect a computer to devices
Down
- 1. The device where data is stored
- 3. A small electronic device that can carry out complex calculations. Also known as the computer's "brain".
- 5. Uses simple calculators to do the math and places it back into memory
- 6. Info displayed to the user on the screen
- 7. Any physical or concrete device in or with your machine
- 12. Figures out what operation is to be carried out and sends the information to a specific place
- 15. Type of computer memory that can be accessed randomly
- 16. Basic Input Output System
- 19. The smallest unit of information