Introduction to Computer Vocab

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Across
  1. 2. Information a computer delivers back to the user.
  2. 4. Hardware that digitally encodes text, graphics and photographs.
  3. 8. is used to write data such as the instructions that computer processors use, or the digital text you read every day.
  4. 10. A base 2 number system invented by Gottfried Leibniz that is made up of only two numbers: 0 and 1.
  5. 11. Extra memory used for permanent storage.
  6. 12. A rigid storage device fixed permanently within a computer; Main storage device.
  7. 15. An alpha-numeric input device; has letters & numbers for communicating with the computer.
  8. 16. Computer program that contains a set of instructions, allowing the computer to perform tasks.
Down
  1. 1. An output device that allows the computer to transfer audio files to the user.
  2. 3. holds memory for short periods of time while a computer is running.
  3. 5. An input device that allows the user to transfer audio files into the computer.
  4. 6. Video display screen; the part of the computer that shows you information (looks like a TV screen).
  5. 7. An electronic device for storing and processing data.
  6. 9. An output device that transfers data to a paper-based format.
  7. 12. The physical devices that make up a computer system (the parts you can see and touch).
  8. 13. Information entered into a computer.
  9. 14. A hand-held input device; used to make selections in communication with the computer.
  10. 17. Random Access Memory; The memory that the computer uses to perform its normal activity.