Unit 3: Technology, List 1

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Across
  1. 4. A program used to view the internet, such as Google Chrome
  2. 5. Transferring data from the internet, or another computer, to your computer
  3. 7. The parts of the computer system that you can touch (like the keyboard, mouse, screen)
  4. 9. The part of the computer system that visually communicates with the user and is somewhat like a television and referred to as “the screen”
  5. 11. the software that runs your computer and makes it think
  6. 13. Occurs when a user presses a button on the mouse or keypad twice in quick succession: this generates a command to the computer
Down
  1. 1. software (a.k.a. programs) such as a word processing, spreadsheet programs, or games runs on top of the operating system
  2. 2. A moveable handheld device that can control the arrow on the screen, select buttons, and click and drag objects
  3. 3. refers to the programs or applications that you use on your computer (Google Docs) or the programs that make your computer work (you physically cannot touch these)
  4. 6. switch: This turns the device on and off
  5. 8. A small picture used to represent a file or program
  6. 10. The first screen you see on the monitor when the computer starts up is called the desktop
  7. 12. A specialized surface on a laptop that responds to finger movements and works like a mouse to control the arrow on the screen