Across
- 5. a miniature semiconductor that regulates or controls current or voltage flow in addition to amplifying and generating these electrical signals and acting as a switch or gate for them.
- 6. 1 billion bytes
- 8. a scam where fake emails are sent to try and gain personal information
- 9. Speed the rate at which a computer's central processing unit (CPU) executes instructions.
- 10. the smallest unit of data
- 11. an auxiliary memory from which high speed retrieval is possible
- 12. Gate a device performing a Boolean logic operation on one or more binary inputs and then outputs a single binary output.
- 14. a collection of electronic components on a motherboard that manages the flow of data between the CPU, GPU, RAM, storage, and peripherals
Down
- 1. Sink a heat exchanger that transfers generated heat into liquid coolant
- 2. Card a printed circuit board that controls the output to a display screen
- 3. a type of computer storage that uses integrated circuit assemblies to store data persistently
- 4. the main printed circuit board on a computer
- 7. computer programs designed to carry out specific tasks
- 10. a form of firmware that tells your computer's operating system how to operate properly.
- 13. the speed at which a computer can access data