1.1: The characteristics of contemporary processors, input, output and storage devices 0.0 / 5 ? ComputingHardware componentsASOCR Created by: Daniel_SandersCreated on: 03-03-16 13:17 7832105149 Across 1. A motor which carries out physical processes in the real world. (8) 3. Devices or media used to keep information available for later use. (7) 4. The physical parts of the computer system. (8) 5. This converts a document into a series of pixels and the larger the number of pixels, the better the definition of the final picture. (8) 9. This unidirectional bus transports memory address which the processor wants to access in order to read or write data. (7, 3) 10. Used to store information within a computer where each part has a separate location referred to using a memory address. (6) Down 2. A type of hardware which display the results of the computer's processing of data inputted. (6, 7) 3. An SSD uses microscopic electronic switches to store data, where millions of transistors are either on or off which represents binary data being stored. (5, 5, 7) 7. The processor and memory are in step with each other, which eliminates some operations required to communicate between the two. (11, 4, 5) 8. Cache is a faster type of memory than found in main memory as it takes less time to access it. (5)
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