Across
- 2. Activates when you turn on the computer and performs system checks before starting your main OS
- 3. Ports generally coloured purple and green
- 4. Hot-swappable ports that can connect to many different types of peripherals
- 6. Required by any peripherals, such as MP3 players, modern printers, and PDAs
- 8. Port usually connected to an older printer or scanner (personal digital assistants)
- 9. Attached to one of the motherboard's PCI slots
- 10. Funnels power through multicoloured cables
- 11. to and from the appropriate devices
Down
- 1. Large printed circuit board which houses most components and directs data of the computer
- 3. Slots which let peripherals communicate quickly with the processor.
- 5. Where the CPU stores temporary information, such as data relating to open programs
- 7. Normally free but can be attached to older keyboards, mice, and modems