Technology crossword 3

4. Abbreviation of a Software as a Service.
7. Some businesses require tailor-made software for their daily operations. Instead of using mass-produced software packages, such businesses use programs created by software development companies or in-house software development groups.
9. This is a Web page that looks and acts like an app on a smartphone or tablet.
12. This can be abbreviated to API.
15. These are used to manage the content of a website.

1. Companies that don't lease servers may instead pay for data to be stored on virtual servers. These servers are said to be based in the cloud if they can be accessed only with an Internet connection.
2. A data center is a facility that houses computer and data-storage systems, including servers.
3. An example of machine learning is Siri, Apple's AI (artificial intelligence) personal assistant.
5. Every domain name is translated into numbers as an IP address when it is entered into a browser's address bar. The domain name service is a directory of those numbers.
6. Servers are devices that support a company's computer and Internet networks, and "host" all its associated data.
8. Enterprise resource planning (ERP) software allows a company to manage various aspects of a business.
10. This allows users to connect to a private network from anywhere for added security.
11. What you see when you click on a Web page is the front end. The back end is everything else behind the scenes of that page.
13. this describes code that is available publicly and that anyone can use.
14. There are many different components to a network, from security to navigation. A technology stack describes the layering of those components, like data management, logins and retention.