Across
- 2. software designed to harm or exploit computers or data
- 5. temporary memory that stores data currently in use
- 8. cybercrime where attackers trick individuals into revealing sensitive information
- 9. hold data and instructions within the CPU
- 12. malicious software that locks data until a ransom is paid
- 14. basic software to start hardware before loading OS
- 15. a unit of data storage, equivalent to 1 billion
- 16. small memory storing frequently used data for quick access
Down
- 1. a form of malware/hardware that records keystrokes as you type
- 3. component of a computer's CPU that performs logical operations
- 4. American Standard Code for Information Interchange
- 6. main circuit board connecting all hardware components
- 7. central processing unit; brain of the computer
- 10. Standard universal character encoding
- 11. unit of data storage, equivalent to 1 trillion byte
- 13. tiny switch controlling flow of electricity in circuits