1. it serves face as an interace between the computer and other computers or peripheral derces in which a plug are connected such 26 keyboard, mouse and other extemal devices 2. It handles al of a computer's Vo functions, such as USB audio serial, the system BIOS 3. It is usually installed on top of a heat sink that conducts heat away from the CPU 4. It instructs the computer on how to perform a number of basic funcions such as booting and keyboarding and other user's request. 5. It is used to manage data communication between a CPU and a motherboard 6. It is a battery in a motherboard that stores the BIOS settings 7. It interface between a computer's motherboard and the processor 8. It contains the CPU, memory, hard drives optical drives, video card and sound card and other ports 9. It is an electronic circuit whose job is to coordinate data transfers between the various components of the computer 10. CMOS/BIOS stand for