Technical crossword
Across
- 6. Relating to the structure of a brain or AI
- 8. AI-generated synthetic media
- 9. Translates code into machine language
- 11. Neural network-based machine learning technique
- 16. Exists in digital rather than physical form
- 19. Prefix meaning related to computers or networks
- 20. Wired networking protocol for local networks
- 21. Decentralized ledger used in cryptocurrencies
- 22. Reduces the need for human intervention
- 23. Security system that monitors traffic
- 25. Converts data to hide meaning
- 27. Opposite of natural; precedes “intelligence”
- 28. Software designed to damage or infiltrate
Down
- 1. Structured collection of information
- 2. Data that describes other data
- 3. The base-2 numeral system used by computers
- 4. Data type with two possible values
- 5. Core of an operating system
- 7. Performs computation in electronic devices
- 10. Repeating a process, often in loops
- 12. Deceptive attempt to gain sensitive information
- 13. Instruction to retrieve data from a database
- 14. Low-level software tightly coupled with hardware
- 15. Challenge to verify a human user
- 17. Smallest unit of meaning in programming or crypto
- 18. Set of rules that define structure in code
- 21. Amount of data transmitted over a network
- 24. Interface that lets software components communicate
- 26. Phase when a program is actively executing
- 27. A step-by-step procedure used in computation