Across
- 1. Starts the computer's operating system when it is turned on
- 3. The clock is a piece of quarts that ____ billions of times per second
- 6. process a CPU uses to execute machine code instructions by repeatedly performing three steps (4 words)
- 9. generates and outputs images, videos, and animations to a computer's display(2 words)
- 10. international encoding standard for use with different languages and scripts
- 11. a small, fast memory within a computer's CPU
- 12. The HDD is ____ compared to the speed of cache
- 13. a unit of digital information that most commonly consists of eight bits
- 14. dissipate heat and prevent overheating (2 words)
Down
- 1. the name of the wiring that connects all the parts of the computer
- 2. Operating system made by Microsoft
- 4. within a computer's Central Processing Unit (CPU) that performs arithmetic and logical operations
- 5. part of the CPU fetches the instructions from memory (2 words)
- 7. semiconductor device that acts as a switch or amplifier for electrical signals and power
- 8. reads and writes data to or from optical discs like CDs, DVDs, and Blu-ray discs using a laser (2 words)