Computer Tech Terms

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Across
  1. 1. Computing refers to applications and services offered over the Internet.
  2. 3. the predecessor to the Internet.
  3. 4. This term originally referred to a clever or expert programmer, it is now more commonly used to refer to someone who can gain unauthorized access to other computers.
  4. 5. American standard code for information interchange: a computer code for representing alphanumeric characters.
  5. 6. File a type of computer file that runs a program when it is opened. This means it executes code or a series of instructions contained in the file.
  6. 7. it is used to describe the virtual world of computers.
  7. 11. "Frequently Asked Questions," FAQ is a text file that is created to answer common questions a user may have about a certain software program or that a newcomer to a Web site might have regarding the site.
  8. 13. small amount of data generated by a website and saved by your web browser.
  9. 16. process that uses digital noise to smooth out colors in digital graphics and sounds in digital audio.
  10. 18. a small piece, part, or quantity of something.
  11. 19. a program with a graphical user interface for displaying HTML files, used to navigate the World Wide Web.
  12. 20. These are the little text-based faces and objects that you often see in e-mail and online chat.
  13. 21. is another name for a folder.
  14. 23. "Dots per Inch." DPI is used to measure the resolution of an image both on screen and in print.
  15. 25. Name: unique name that identifies a website.
  16. 26. a hit is a request made to a Web server.
  17. 27. Compression: is used to reduce the file size of one or more files.
Down
  1. 2. is a data structure that stores organized information.
  2. 6. the coding or scrambling of information so that it can only be decoded and read by someone who has the correct decoding key.
  3. 8. range of frequencies within a given band
  4. 9. regard something as being caused by (someone or something)
  5. 10. "Graphical User Interface," and is pronounced "gooey."
  6. 12. technology introduced by Microsoft in 1996.
  7. 13. a compact disc used as a read-only optical memory device for a computer system.
  8. 14. a heavy object attached to a rope or chain and used to moor a vessel to the sea bottom
  9. 15. e-mail was originally developed for sending simple text messages
  10. 17. Page This is the starting point or front page of a Web site.
  11. 21. This is the process in which data is sent to your computer.
  12. 22. (in a network) a desktop computer or workstation that is capable of obtaining information and applications from a server.
  13. 24. an auxiliary memory from which high-speed retrieval is possible.