Across
- 3. A program with harmful or malicious intent that disrupts the normal operation of a PC or network, or attempst to steal information or money
- 7. Commericial software that users can try out with a vendor's permission during an evaluation period prior to making a purchase decision
- 10. A backup copy of the configuration of a PC system, which a user can revert to (reinstall) if a problem arises due to the installation of a new peripheral or software
- 13. A new version of an existing program that is sold at a reduced price to owners of a pervious version of the program
- 14. A feature of operating systems and application software that periodically checks a vendor's website for updates that the vendor recommends
Down
- 1. Computer software for which no purchase price or licensing fee is charged
- 2. A distribution of a software program that contains some new features not found in the original program
- 4. A software package that contains signficant new features and is usually the result of a substantially rewritten program
- 5. A software revision that contains both updates and patches to fix documented problems with a version of a program
- 6. A term that describes components that cannot operate together successfully in the same system
- 8. A procedure or operation that accomplishes the same result as the original feature that currently does not due to a bug or other malfunction
- 9. A replacement for one or a few modules in a software package to fix orn or more known bugs
- 11. An error in a computer program that occurs when a programmer writes incorrectly coded instructions
- 12. A file that serves as a database of configuration information relating to a PC's hardware and software components
- 15. A bug-fix distribution that repairs known problems in a previous version or release of a sotware package