Great IT Christmas Crossword

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Across
  1. 1. The place where websites live.
  2. 7. Scrambling data so only Santa with the right key can read it.
  3. 9. Putting your photo online for friends to see.
  4. 13. A clickable word that takes you to another page.
  5. 14. Information stored on your computer.
  6. 16. Talking online with friends or family.
  7. 18. Step‑by‑step rules—like Santa’s process for checking his list twice.
  8. 19. The reason video calls freeze during family catch‑ups.
  9. 20. A small picture on your screen you click.
  10. 22. Turning it off and on again—the IT equivalent of festive magic.
  11. 23. What you do so your work doesn’t disappear.
  12. 25. A tool you use to move the cursor—not the animal.
  13. 31. Removing errors… like sweeping up fallen pine needles from code.
  14. 32. A security barrier that keeps the naughty list out of your network.
  15. 33. A software fix you hope arrives more often than Christmas gifts.
  16. 35. A digital folder for your homework or games.
  17. 37. What you do with a mouse to open things.
  18. 38. Getting a file from the internet to your device.
  19. 39. Something you watch on YouTube.
  20. 40. The secret Santa uses to log in.
  21. 42. A bad program that can make your computer sick.
  22. 43. The delay that feels like waiting for Christmas morning.
  23. 45. A small file websites store—less tasty than Santa’s prefered kind.
  24. 46. A typesetting system—handy for writing Christmas research papers.
  25. 49. The thing you wish you did before the holiday outage.
  26. 50. Running many “elves” on one big machine.
Down
  1. 2. A digital letter Santa might send.
  2. 3. A short message you send on your phone.
  3. 4. The digital chimney that lets applications talk to each other.
  4. 5. What you use online to find Santa’s route.
  5. 6. A picture you take with your phone.
  6. 8. A machine that can do jobs like an elf.
  7. 10. When cyber‑Grinches go fishing for your credentials.
  8. 11. A mistake in a program—not the creepy kind.
  9. 12. Where you go to raise a ticket
  10. 14. Where you might store the entire nice/naughty list.
  11. 15. A secret word to keep your account safe.
  12. 17. Proving it’s really you and not the Grinch logging in.
  13. 21. The hardworking machine delivering more than Christmas dinner.
  14. 24. What you do to get a paper copy of your Christmas list.
  15. 26. The part of your computer you look at.
  16. 27. What you do to find things online.
  17. 28. Where you go to download new apps.
  18. 29. Something fun you play on a computer.
  19. 30. What you need before installing new software.
  20. 34. Where your data spends Christmas… not just snow.
  21. 36. What you do before using your account.
  22. 41. Unwanted messages—not the Christmas ham variety.
  23. 44. Instructions that tell computers what to do.
  24. 47. A program you download on your phone.
  25. 48. Digital mischief-makers worse than any Christmas prank.