Week 19 - MindTap Vocabulary Review
Across
- 6. A program designed to make users more productive and/or assist them with personal tasks.
- 9. A tool that reorganizes the files and unused space on a computer’s hard disk so that the operating system accesses data more quickly and programs and apps run faster.
- 14. A business transaction that occurs over an electronic network such as the Internet. Short for electronic commerce.
- 16. Any hardware component that allows you to enter data and instructions into a computer or mobile device.
- 20. The trend of computers and devices with technologies that overlap can result in consumers needing fewer devices for the functionality they require.
- 22. Tool that shrinks the size of a file(s).
- 23. A compromised computer or device whose owner is unaware the computer or device is being controlled remotely by an outsider.
- 26. A device that uses electrical components to provide a stable current flow and minimize the chances of an overvoltage reaching the computer and other electronic equipment.
- 27. A security tool that detects and protects a personal computer and its data from unauthorized intrusions.
Down
- 1. Number system that has just two unique digits, 0 and 1, called bits.
- 2. A collection of data organized in a manner that allows access, retrieval, and use of that data.
- 3. Any hardware component that conveys information from a computer or mobile device to one or more people.
- 4. A technology-related health condition that affects eyesight.
- 5. Someone who accesses a computer or network illegally.
- 7. A website or web app sometimes called a curation website, that allows users to collect and compile content from a variety of websites.
- 8. A small text file that a web server stores on your computer.
- 10. The code of acceptable behaviors users should follow while on the Internet. Short for Internet etiquette.
- 11. A website development approach that adapts the layout of a website to fit the screen on which it is being displayed.
- 12. The electronic component of a computer that interprets and carries out the basic instructions that operate a computer.
- 13. Someone who demands payment to stop an attack on an organization’s technology infrastructure.
- 15. A website that encourages its members in its online community to share their interests, ideas, stories, photos, music, and videos with other registered users.
- 17. The number of horizontal and vertical pixels in a display device.
- 18. A computer that delivers requested webpages to your computer or mobile device.
- 19. An applied science devoted to incorporating comfort, efficiency, and safety into the design of items in the workplace.
- 21. Practices that involve reducing electricity and environmental waste while using computers, mobile devices, and related technologies.
- 24. Area of memory that stores the contents of frequently used data or instructions.
- 25. A collection of computers and mobile devices connected, often wirelessly, via communications devices and transmission media.