Across
- 2. - a bit is the smallest piece of information that computers use. For simplicity, a PC uses bits in groups of 8
- 4. software - a program that finds and removes viruses from a computer
- 5. - a disk for storing computer information. It looks like an audio CD.
- 6. - Usually means the information (text, pictures, audio etc) that you create or share on a computer, as opposed to the programs that manipulate the data.
- 8. - Central Processing Unit. This is a PC's heart or "brains".
Down
- 1. - Disk Operating System. The original system used for PCs, where you typed in commands instead of pointing and clicking.
- 2. - a way of communicating wirelessly over short distances between electronic devices (for example computer and mobile telephone)
- 3. - a (small) defect or fault in a program
- 5. - a kind of memory used to make a computer work faster
- 7. - a self-contained program or piece of software; an application, especially when downloadable to a mobile device