Across
- 3. wire that leads from your digital router to all of your appliances
- 6. unsolicited e-mail messages you receive about refinancing your home, reversing aging, and losing those extra pounds
- 8. attempt to steal your personal information.
- 10. the norms of appropriate, responsible technology use.
- 12. communications medium used to transfer digital signals over standard telephone lines
- 13. possible danger that might exploit a vulnerability to breach security and therefore cause possible harm.
- 14. The study or use of systems, and sending information.
- 16. refers to applications and services offered over the Internet.
- 17. small programs or scripts that can negatively affect the health of your computer.
- 19. a place where work gets done
- 20. a networking device that forwards data packets between computer networks
Down
- 1. Networking hardware device that allows a Wi-Fi compliant device to connect to a wired network.
- 2. a computer networking device that connects devices together on a computer network, by using packet switching to receive, process and forward data to the destination device.
- 4. section of a hard drive
- 5. A cellular phone that performs many of the functions of a computer, typically having a touchscreen interface, Internet access, and an operating system capable of running downloaded applications.
- 7. distributed application architecture that partitions tasks or workloads between peers.
- 9. a type of computer program that is designed to run a computer's hardware and application programs.
- 11. include such things as database programs, word processors, Web browsers and spreadsheets.
- 15. free software that is supported by advertisements.
- 18. network hardware device for connecting multiple Ethernet devices together and making them act as a single network segment.