IT Basics

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Across
  1. 4. Eight bits equal this.
  2. 6. Equals one billion bytes.
  3. 7. Equals 1,000 bytes.
  4. 9. This number system is a base 2, and uses only the two values of 0 and 1.
  5. 11. The fastest, most powerful computers that exist at a given time.
  6. 13. This number system uses sixteen digits. It uses the numerals 0 through 9 and the letters A through F, where A=10, B=11, C=12, D=13, E=14, and F=15.
  7. 15. This refers to saving data.
Down
  1. 1. This uses 16-bit encoding and is capable of representing millions of different text characters.
  2. 2. This number system you start at zero, then go through each digit all the way to nine. Once you get to nine, you put a one in front of the next zero to get the number ten.
  3. 3. Equals 1,000,000 bytes.
  4. 5. The name given to processed data.
  5. 8. The smallest unit of digital information.
  6. 10. The act of physically putting data into a computer.
  7. 12. The operating system in the computer performs calculations on the input and converts the raw electrical signals into information that can be used.
  8. 14. This is a seven-bit code that can represent 128 different characters (from seven zeroes to seven ones).