Mousepad Tech Term Review

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Across
  1. 3. programs that can negatively affect the health of your computer.
  2. 4. a visual representation of something on your computer. Clicking on an icon takes you to a program or file.
  3. 8. the process of sorting through the vast amounts of content on the web and presenting it in a meaningful and organized way around a specific theme (Pinterest, Symbaloo, Pearltrees, etc.)
  4. 9. the process in which data is sent to your computer. (saving images, etc.)
  5. 10. removable storage media, such as USB flash drives, CDs, and DVDs.
  6. 12. all hardware and software connected to a computer.
  7. 16. a computer's operating system. For example, Windows and Macintosh.
  8. 17. computer programs such as applications and instruction sets
  9. 18. a collection of networks created by the U.S. government in 1969.
  10. 22. sending a file from your computer to another system or device.
  11. 23. the computer’s language in the form of a numeric system that only uses two digits, 0 and 1.
  12. 24. the physical parts of a computer and related devices. (the computer case, monitors, keyboards, mice, printers, and scanners)
Down
  1. 1. an application used to access and view websites. (Internet Explorer, Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, and Apple Safari)
  2. 2. short for synchronize. When you sync a device, such as a cell phone, PDA, or iPod, you synchronize it with data on your computer or other storage device.
  3. 5. applications and services offered over the Internet. (Prezi, Spiderscribe, Timetoast, Wix, Weebly, etc.)
  4. 6. the amount of disk space available in a storage device. For example megabyte, gigabyte, terabyte, etc.
  5. 7. a unit of measurement used to measure data. One byte contains eight bits, or a series of eight zeros and ones.
  6. 11. digital information
  7. 13. the computer’s action of “thinking”
  8. 14. programs that index millions of sites on the Web and operate with the use of keyword search tools (Google, Bing, Yahoo, etc)
  9. 15. the location where a computer stores its data
  10. 19. two or more computers connected to each other. The purpose of a network is to allow the sharing of files and information between multiple systems. For example, the internet.
  11. 20. a saved shortcut that directs your browser to a specific webpage.
  12. 21. a location in the computer that stores all data. It houses the hard disk, where all your files and folders are physically located.
  13. 22. "Uniform Resource Locator." A URL is the address of a specific Web site or file on the Internet.