Hardware

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Across
  1. 3. a facility allowing computers, smartphones, or other devices to connect to the Internet or com municate with one another wirelessly within a particular area
  2. 4. acronym for random access memory, a type of computer memory that can be accessed randomly; that is, any byte of memory can be accessed without touching the preceding bytes
  3. 7. card, A network interface controller is a computer hardware component that connects a computer to a computer network.
  4. 8. drive,a high-capacity, self-contained storage device containing a read-write mechanism plus one or more hard disks, inside a sealed unit
  5. 9. Stands for "Central Processing Unit." The CPU is the primary component of a computer that processes instructions
  6. 13. are often used to measure the size of large files. For example, a high resolution JPEG image file might range is size from one to five megabytes.
  7. 14. card, a device which can be slotted into a computer to allow the use of audio components for multimedia applications
  8. 15. short for gigahertz, GHz is a unit of measurement for AC (alternating current) or EM (electromagnetic)
  9. 16. card, a printed circuit board controlling output to a display screen.
Down
  1. 1. devices like modems, network hardware or sound and video cards.
  2. 2. At first it meant exactly 1 billion bytes, usually referring to the number of bytes in a computer hard drive.
  3. 5. a printed circuit board containing the principal components of a computer or other device, with connectors into which other circuit boards can be slotted.
  4. 6. supply, A power supply is an electrical device that supplies electric power to an electrical load.
  5. 10. A Peripheral Component Interconnect (PCI) slot is a connecting apparatus for a 32-bit computer bus. These tools are built into the motherboards of computers and devices in order to allow for the addition of
  6. 11. slot, a place in a computer where an expansion card can be inserted.
  7. 12. sink
  8. 13. The megahertz, abbreviated MHz, is a unit of alternating current (AC) or electromagnetic