Carley's Computer Basics Crossword Vocab

2. (Basic input/output system) Built in software that makes sure every chip and hard drive are working.
5. Main circuit board in a computer.
6. (Read - Only memory) Holds on to the stuff the computer needs permanently.
7. Holds a lot of information about the computer, and all your files. Also the computers software.
8. What the computer stores about the clients computer activities.
13. A system of interconnected computers.
15. A set of instructions that tell the computer what to do when it turns on.
18. (Domain Name System) A service that translates domain names into IP addresses.
19. (Random-access memory) Where you store temporary things.
20. Parts of the computer you can touch.
22. A small memory area where the computer remembers the data from the original sources.
25. Computer programs like Wikipedia that let viewers write about a question.
27. The computer’s brain, and tell all the other parts what to do.
28. Gives instructions to the hardware, and tells it what to do and when to do it.
29. Universal Resource Locator or the address of the web page.

1. Your information is stored throughout multiple devices on a cloud.
3. A computer that shares its resources with other computers
4. To start up a computer.
9. (Internet Service Provider) Company that offers their clients internet access.
10. The computer's way of thinking, that is code of 1’s and 0’s.
11. The interconnected computer networks
12. The internet apps like safari, chrome, mozilla firefox, and internet explorer.
14. The smallest unit in a computer's storage.
16. A computer device that is not connected to the computer, like a printer.
17. The single user that is operating from the computer.
21. A setting that goes automatically to a computer.
23. A string of #’s that identifies the different computers.
24. Your file systems, consists of icons, and types of documents.
26. Universal Serial Bus, A connector that lets you see things on the computer that you have made on a different device.