Across
- 2. short for central processing unit
- 5. short for basic input/output system
- 8. the component of the computer that holds data , programs and instructions that are currently in use
- 10. any piece of computer hardware equipment which converts information into a human-readable form
- 11. a digital circuit which performs operations on some external data source, usually memory or some other data stream.
Down
- 1. is an interface that allows a PC to transmit or receive data one bit at a time
- 2. a component of a computer's central processing unit (CPU) that directs the operation of the processor
- 3. Short for universal serial bus
- 4. Mother_____
- 6. a piece of equipment used to provide data and control signals to an information processing system
- 7. also called IEEE 1394 or i
- 9. short for Read Only Memory
- 11. short for Peripheral Component Interconnect
