Across
- 3. although some newer mice and keyboards include usb cables most require these ports.
- 5. in this chip the bios activates when you turn on he computer and preforms system cheeks before starting your main OS.
- 9. some devices are able to draw power from their computer in addition to data through the usb port.
- 10. slots that let peripherals communicate quickly with the processer.
- 11. it is the brain that carries your computers instructions.
- 13. if u have an older printer or scanner you probably connect the device to this.
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- 1. a large printed circuit bored that houses most of your computers components and directs data traffic to and from the appropriate diviecs.
- 2. you can use this to connect many different types of peripherals, including digital cameras and digital video cameras.
- 4. most of these attach to the motherboards pci slots.
- 6. you can attach some older keyboards, mice and moderns to this.
- 7. this houses your graphics card, which supply's the image to the monitor.
- 8. this isn't the prettiest component by any means. it funnels power through the multicolored cables to each divice.
- 12. this viral memory stores and releases data at a slower rate, if your computer preforms slowly when u have multiple programs open you can usually increase the performance by adding additional ram.