APCS Key Terms (By: Makaila Johnson)

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Across
  1. 1. data about data
  2. 6. pairs a public key for encryption and a private key for decryption.
  3. 8. the process of encoding data to prevent unauthorized access.
  4. 10. the delay between a user's action and a web application's response to that action
  5. 12. The practice of obtaining input or information from a large number of people via the Internet.
  6. 14. a network of servers that track the IP addresses of different domain names like “example.com”
  7. 16. A prediction made that computing power will double every 1.5 - 2 years.
  8. 17. an alphabetic shift.
  9. 19. the process of decoding the data.
  10. 20. a technique that attempts to trick a user into providing personal information.
  11. 21. Develops and promotes voluntary Internet standards and protocols, in particular the standards that comprise the Internet protocol suite (TCP/IP).
Down
  1. 2. program interfaces (APIs), specifications for how the procedures in a library behave and can be used.
  2. 3. an application of artificial intelligence (AI) that provides systems the ability to automatically learn and improve from experience without being explicitly programmed.
  3. 4. involves one key for both encryption and decryption.
  4. 5. a malicious attempt to disrupt the normal traffic of a targeted server service or network by overwhelming the target or its surrounding infrastructure with a flood of Internet traffic.
  5. 7. manage complexity in programs by giving a collection of data a name without referencing the specific details of the representation.
  6. 9. the inclusion of extra components that can be used to mitigate failure of a system if other components fail.
  7. 11. Scientific research conducted in whole or part by distributed individuals, many of whom may not be scientists, who contribute relevant data to research using their own computing devices.
  8. 13. True or false values
  9. 15. refers to differing access to computing devices and the Internet, based on socioeconomic, geographic, or demographic characteristics.
  10. 17. the delivery of computing services—including servers storage, databases, networking, software, analytics, and intelligence—over the Internet (“the cloud”) to offer faster innovation, flexible resources, and economies of scale.
  11. 18. an agreed upon set of rules that specify the behavior of a system