Across
- 1. electrical current that does not change over time
- 4. serial data transfer, typically used for mass storage devices
- 8. closest to CPU used for high speed devices
- 12. used to add hardware to the bus system
- 14. supplies power in black outs
- 15. power connector that provides power to the cpu
- 16. System of buses and components
- 18. electrical current that alternates over time
- 19. provides no protection for electronics
- 21. has four sizes of slots 1,4,8,16
- 23. minimum protection for electronics
Down
- 2. connects buses of different speeds, removes load from cpu
- 3. unit of power PSU are rated in
- 5. peripheral connector four pins
- 6. firmware of the motherboard that is responsible for controlling all hardware devices that are installed.
- 7. farther away from cpu used for low speed devices
- 9. connector used to power floppy drives
- 10. where RAM is installed
- 11. allows PSU to work in US and Europe
- 13. the footprint of the MB
- 17. amount of data a bus can move
- 20. A collection of conductors
- 22. common MB form factor, has a standard power connector
- 24. used large ribbon cables, typically for HDD and optical drives