AP COMPUTER SCIENCE ULTIMATE CROSSWORD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Across
- 1. the intentional paralyzing of a computer network by flooding it with data sent simultaneously from many individual computers.
- 5. the protection of computer systems from the theft or damage to the hardware, software or the information on them, as well as from disruption or misdirection of the services they provide
- 7. criminal activities carried out by means of computers or the Internet
- 8. an encryption technique that uses a paired public and private key (or asymmetric key) algorithm for secure data communication. A message sender uses a recipient's public key to encrypt a message. To decrypt the sender's message, only the recipient's private key may be used
- 9. computer software used to prevent, detect and remove malicious software
Down
- 2. a form of computerized cryptography using a singular encryption key to guise an electronic message. Its data conversion uses a mathematical algorithm along with a secret key, which results in the inability to make sense out of a message
- 3. a part of a computer system or network that is designed to block unauthorized access while permitting outward communication
- 4. the use of computer technology to disrupt the activities of a state or organization, especially the deliberate attacking of information systems for strategic or military purposes
- 6. the art of writing or solving codes