Computer & Technology Terms

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Across
  1. 2. any part of a computer that has a physical structure.
  2. 7. stands for central processing unit. It’s job is to carry out commands.
  3. 9. can only be modified and distributed by the company that owns it.
  4. 10. any set of instructions that tells the computer hardware what to do.
  5. 12. another name for decompressing a file.
  6. 13. another name for CPU
  7. 15. considered the most popular operating system in the world.
  8. 16. a computer that serves up information to other computers on a network.
  9. 17. the process of opening or bringing back to its original size, a compressed file.
Down
  1. 1. because it uses less disk space.
  2. 3. hardware and software.
  3. 4. store, retrieve, and process data.
  4. 5. when you press the power button your computer does three things: runs tests to make sure everything is running correctly; checks for new hardware; and starts up the operating system.
  5. 6. the most important software on a computer and manages the computer’s memory and processes, as well as all of the hardware and software.
  6. 8. free and can be modified and distributed by anyone around the world.
  7. 11. a process in which files are compressed or “shrunk” into a smaller file. The smaller file is called a Compressed File.
  8. 14. another name for compressing a file.