Computer Science End of Year Crossword

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Across
  1. 4. The layout or arrangement of how devices are connected together in a network.
  2. 5. Essential software that manages a computer's hardware and software resources. (2 words)
  3. 6. Moral principles that help us decide what is right and wrong when using technology.
  4. 8. A network that covers a huge geographical area, like connecting offices across whole countries.
  5. 11. A group of 8 bits.
  6. 14. Any malicious software designed to disrupt, damage, or gain unauthorized access to a system.
  7. 15. The smallest single element or dot in a digital picture.
  8. 16. A security weakness or flaw in a computer system that could allow a hacker to get inside(v____________).
  9. 18. How many instructions or cycles a CPU processor can execute in one single second. (2 words)
  10. 19. Very fast memory located close to the CPU that stores frequently used instructions.
  11. 20. A type of network where all devices are connected directly to a central switch or hub. (2 words)
  12. 21. A small, super-fast memory location inside the CPU used to store temporary data.
  13. 23. The amount of data that can travel through a network connection in a set amount of time.
  14. 25. Manipulating people into giving away confidential or secret information. (2 words)
  15. 27. A unique hardware code assigned to every device's network card when it is made in the factory. (2 words)
  16. 28. Scrambling data using a secret code so that unauthorized people cannot read or understand it.
  17. 29. A piece of hardware that forwards data between different networks.
Down
  1. 1. A group of connected devices that can share data and resources.
  2. 2. The programs and applications that run on a computer.
  3. 3. A security system that monitors and filters incoming and outgoing network traffic.
  4. 7. Measures taken to protect computers and networks from digital attacks. (2 words)
  5. 9. The physical, touchable parts of a computer system.
  6. 10. A trick where attackers send fake emails to steal private information like passwords.
  7. 12. A small computer built into a larger machine to do one specific job, like inside a washing machine. (2 words)
  8. 13. How many times per second an analogue sound wave is measured when converting it into digital data. (2 words)
  9. 15. A set of rules that governs how devices communicate over a network.
  10. 17. A base-16 number system that uses digits 0-9 and letters A-F to represent binary in a shorter way.
  11. 21. Permanent memory that holds key startup instructions for the computer and cannot be changed easily. (3 words)
  12. 22. The base-2 number system used by computers that consists of only 0s and 1s.
  13. 24. The smallest unit of data in a computer, represented as a single 1 or 0.
  14. 26. A character set that uses 7 or 8 bits to represent letters, numbers, and symbols.