Technology Vocabulary
Across
- 4. a programmer who breaks into computer systems
- 8. unwanted e-mail
- 9. an electronic device that generates a digital representation of an image for data input to a computer
- 13. a program that gives a computer instructions
- 15. the smallest discrete component of an image on a screen
- 18. a point of interaction between a computer system and a user
- 21. adjusting the parts of something in relation to each other
- 22. representing the real world by a computer program
- 24. a sequence of instructions that a computer can execute
- 26. transfer data into a database or document
- 27. a device used to connect computers by a telephone line
- 28. an arbitrary sign with a conventional significance
- 30. a digital audio file made available on the internet
- 31. a software program capable of reproducing itself
- 33. a digital camera designed to take digital photographs and transmit them over the internet
Down
- 1. a unit of information equal to 1000 megabytes or 10^9 bytes
- 2. a restricted computer network
- 3. a computer connected to the internet that maintains a series of web pages on the World Wide Web
- 5. transfer out of a database or document
- 6. a copy of a file or directory on a separate storage device
- 7. the address of a web page on the world wide web
- 10. a system of interconnected electronic components or circuits
- 11. the most common computer memory which can be used by programs
- 12. a set of related records kept together
- 14. a navigational system involving satellites and computers
- 16. an instruction connecting one part of a program to another
- 17. adjust the spaces between words
- 19. the process in which output of a system is returned to input
- 20. any small compartment
- 21. having an output that is proportional to the input
- 23. a symbol in a graphical user interface
- 25. an electronic storage device
- 28. a networked computer that provides access to client stations
- 29. a unit of information equal to 1000 kilobytes or 10^6 bytes
- 32. fix a computer program piecemeal until it works