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Across
  1. 2. the components, devices, and media that retain digital data for varying intervals
  2. 4. is a fundamental unit of execution, work, or program instructions loaded into memory
  3. 6. a fundamental unit of information corresponding to a letter, digit, punctuation mark, or control symbol
  4. 8. the physical or virtual components used to store data and instructions for processing
  5. 10. a small, lightweight, and inexpensive laptop
  6. 12. is an actively executing instance of a computer program
  7. 14. a character encoding standard that assigns numerical values (0 to 127) to letters, numbers, punctuation, and control characters
  8. 16. a programmable machine designed to automatically process, store, and retrieve data based on a set of logical or mathematical instructions
  9. 18. Unicode Transformation Format
  10. 19. any data, signal, or command sent to a computer system for processing
Down
  1. 1. is the fundamental unit of digital information in computer science
  2. 2. a cohesive, integrated group of hardware and software components that work together to process data, manage resources, and perform specific tasks
  3. 3. a computer's volatile main memory, providing fast, temporary storage for the CPU to actively run programs and process data
  4. 5. the manipulation of data by a computer to transform raw inputs into meaningful information or outcomes
  5. 7. his is the internal memory directly accessible by the CPU, holding the data and instructions actively being processed
  6. 9. any physical or virtual hardware component used to enter data, process it, output results, or store information.
  7. 11. the fundamental unit of information in computer science and digital communications
  8. 13. the fundamental, base-2 numbering system used by all modern computers
  9. 15. is the primary "brain" of a computer
  10. 17. any information, data, or signal that a computer system generates after processing an input