Preston M Common Terms
Across
- 2. The place where you can display and organize the apps and stuff on your computer screen. This screen is the first time you see when you start up your computer or close out everything on your computer
- 3. an application for accessing websites and the Internet. Examples include Chrome, Firefox, and Safari.
- 5. The physical components of a computer like a microchip. When you have a keyboard mouse it sends a signal to the computer when moved
- 11. A piece of computer hardware that is used to display images, text, video, and graphics information on a computer.
- 13. a computer file format for the compression and storage of digital images. This form makes it easier for files to be stored
- 14. an online cloud storage service from Microsoft that includes commonly used software such as Word, PowerPoint, and Excel
- 15. The address that appears at the top of the screen in the top search by when you’re in a browser
- 16. a file format that provides an electronic image of text or text and graphics that looks like a printed document and can be viewed. It can't b edited
Down
- 1. Used to connect computers with peripheral devices such as smartphones, printers, scanners, and keyboards.
- 3. the short-range wireless interconnection of mobile phones, computers, and other electronic devices that allows the devices to communicate with each other without cables or wires.
- 4. An area on a Web page that, when clicked on with a mouse, will transport the user to another Web page.
- 6. a wireless networking technology that uses radio waves that allow computers, smartphones, or other devices to connect to the internet or communicate with one another wirelessly within a particular area.
- 7. To transfer, move, or copy data (a file or program) from a computer to a remote device or to the internet. This term is associated with sending a file.
- 8. Text files with small pieces of data — like a username and password — that are stored within a web browser, used to identify your computer as you use a network. The information stored on an internet user's computer can be used for session management, personalization and tracking purposes
- 9. A file format that supports animated and static images
- 10. When you download something it saves to your computer. If you download an app it will be on your computer desktop
- 12. To send data to a file or program.