Technology Vocab
Across
- 3. the organization of data according to preset specifications
- 4. adjust the spaces between words
- 5. an organized body of related information
- 7. a program used to view HTML documents
- 11. an application that provides the user with tools needed to write and edit and format text and to send it to a printer
- 12. a portable computer
- 13. the address of a web page on the world wide web
- 15. a memory device consisting of a flat disk covered with a magnetic coating on which information is stored
- 16. a copy of a file or directory on a separate storage device
- 18. having an output that is proportional to the input
- 21. a language designed for programming computers
- 24. any small compartment
- 25. a specific size and style of type within a type family
- 26. a navigational system involving satellites and computers that can determine the latitude and longitude of a receiver on Earth by computing the time difference for signals from different satellites to reach the receiver
- 27. a system of world-wide electronic communication in which a computer user can compose a message at one terminal that can be regenerated at the recipient's terminal when the recipient logs in
- 28. written programs operating on a computer system
- 30. a programmer who breaks into computer systems
- 33. wipe out digitally or magnetically recorded information
- 34. a digital audio file made available on the internet
- 36. the branch of engineering that deals with the use of computers and telecommunications to retrieve and store and transmit information
- 40. computer network consisting of a collection of internet sites that offer text and graphics and sound and animation resources through the hypertext transfer protocol
- 41. a device that takes signals and displays them
- 43. a system of interconnected electronic components or circuits
- 44. a program that gives a computer instructions
Down
- 1. the standard typewriter keyboard
- 2. computer hardware that holds and spins a magnetic or optical disk and reads and writes information on it
- 6. a fault or defect in a computer program, system, or machine
- 8. the symbolic arrangement of data in a computer program
- 9. a user interface based on graphics instead of text
- 10. the mechanical components making up a computer system
- 14. transfer data to a server, remote computer, or website
- 17. a hand-operated electronic device that controls a cursor
- 19. transfer a file or program to a smaller computer
- 20. an online journal where people post about their experiences
- 22. a worldwide network of computer networks
- 23. the area of the screen in graphical user interfaces against which icons and windows appear
- 29. a facial expression represented by a sequence of characters
- 31. indicator consisting of a movable spot of light (an icon) on a visual display; moving it allows the user to point to commands or screen positions
- 32. a computer program that retrieves documents or files or data from a database or from a computer network (especially from the internet)
- 35. a local area network that uses high frequency radio signals to transmit and receive data over distances of a few hundred feet; uses ethernet protocol
- 37. a set of related records kept together
- 38. out exit a computer
- 39. put into a format that can be read or processed by computers
- 41. an electronic storage device
- 42. in enter a computer