Introduction to Computer Vocab

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