CS Review Puzzle
Across
- 3. This is a storage device containing nonvolatile flash memory, used in place of a hard disk because of its much greater speed.
- 5. This is a microchip that regulates the timing and speed of all computer functions.
- 6. This is the fraudulent practice of sending emails or other messages purporting to be from reputable companies in order to induce individuals to reveal personal information, such as passwords and credit card numbers.
- 7. This is a type of device that executes Boolean logic (true or false statements).
- 8. This is an internal or external computer component that stores data, such as the operating system, applications, and user files.
- 10. This is the code that assigns all common characters a number
- 12. This is a coding language that uses ones and zeros
- 14. This is the tactic of manipulating, influencing, or deceiving a victim in order to gain control over a computer system, or to steal personal and financial information.
Down
- 1. This is an instruction from memory, supplying the address and receiving the instruction from memory.
- 2. This is the circuitry within a computer's processor that directs operations.
- 4. This is the delay before a transfer of data begins following an instruction for its transfer.
- 5. This is the rate of how fast the computers CPU executes instructions
- 9. This is a digital circuit used for arithmetic and logic operations within the computer.
- 11. This is a small semi conductor that controls/regulates current or voltage flow, it also amplifies and generates electrical signals, it acts as a gate.
- 13. This is an auxiliary(providing supplementary or additional help and support) memory from which high-speed retrieval is possible.
- 15. This is unit of frequency equal to one billion hertz.