Across
- 3. Short term memory or a "working" memory in a computer
- 5. Fetches the instruction (2 words)
- 7. An electronic circuit designed to speed computer graphics and image processing
- 9. Most unpopular operating system out of 3 most popular ones
- 10. base - 2 numerical system that uses only 2 digits
- 15. The ___ board that everything is connected to
Down
- 1. concept where "bus" refers to the electronic pathways that _____ data between components inside a computer or between computers
- 2. The smallest unit of information in computing and digital communication
- 4. a core component of a computer's CPU that performs all arithmetic and logical operations
- 5. The "brain" of the computer
- 6. What is the name of the microscopic switches in the CPU?
- 8. The heat sink moves heat ___ from the CPU
- 11. What is the name of the vibrating piece of quartz that sends pulses of electricity to the CPU?
- 12. Slowest memory/storage component
- 13. The speed of the CPU
- 14. small, high-speed storage layer that temporarily holds frequently accessed data from a main storage location