Across
- 7. a question, especially one expressing doubt or requesting information
- 8. a person or company that advertises or promotes something
- 9. (of a device or process) working by itself with little or no direct human control
- 11. a computer program designed to simulate conversation with human users, especially over the internet
- 13. a person who carries a message or is employed to carry messages
- 14. subject to a penalty or punishment
Down
- 1. a process or set of rules to be followed in calculations or other problem-solving operations, especially by a computer
- 2. a person or organization using the services of a professional person or company
- 3. widespread in a particular area or at a particular time
- 4. rearrange or rewrite (data, software, etc.) to improve efficiency of retrieval or processing
- 5. imitate (someone or their actions or words)
- 6. the state of being harmed or damaged
- 9. made or produced by human beings rather than occurring naturally, especially as a copy of something natural
- 10. an essential or characteristic part of something abstract
- 12. a general direction in which something is developing or changing