Across
- 3. A small hardware component that, when attached to a computing device, enables addition functionality such as wireless connectivity.
- 4. The number of pixels that make up the dimension of a display, represented in a ratio as the number of horizontal pixels by vertical pixels.
- 7. An application that scans files for executable code that matches patterns known to be common to viruses, and monitors systems for activity associated with virus.
- 8. A networking device used to connect the drops in a physical star topology network into a logical bus topology. AKA multiport repeater.
- 14. Wires etched onto the motherboard to provide electrical pathways.
- 15. Finger movements on a trackpad or mouse that enable a user to scroll, zoom, and navigate desktop, document, and application content.
- 17. The unencrypted form of data, AKA plaintext.
- 19. The process which shows that the Microsoft copy is legal.
- 22. A group of computers that are connected together to communicate and share resources.
- 23. A computer that provides services and resources on the network.
- 24. A Microsoft network model than an admin implements by grouping computers together for the purpose of sharing a centralized user account database, enabling users to log on to any computer in the network.
Down
- 1. Mobile technology that can determine the orientation of a device with a sensor that measures the acceleration of the device direction.
- 2. An open-standards UNIX derivative originally developed and released by a Finnish computer science student named Linus Torvalds.
- 5. A means of securing the electronic components to a circuit board using a combination of lead, tin, and silver, and a heated iron.
- 6. The smallest discrete element on a display, composed of a red, a blue, and a green dot.
- 9. A security feature that provides full disk encryption protection for your operating system, as well as the data stored on the operating system volume.
- 10. A transmission scheme where a single signal sends data using the entire bandwidth of the transmission media.
- 11. The unit of measurement for visible light that is being emitted from a light source.
- 12. A family of networking technologies that provide connectivity by using network adapters, contention-based media access, and twisted pair, coax, or fiber media.
- 13. A hardware connection interface on a PC that enables devices to be connected to the computer, or the endpoint of a logical connection that client computers use to connect to specific server programs.
- 16. A cloud storage solution that is accessed by using the user’s Apple ID.
- 18. The file and folder management app that is included with OS X.
- 20. Malicious code that masquerades as a harmless file. When a user executes it, thinking it is a harmless application, it destroys and corrupts data on the user’s HDD.
- 21. In a computer system, a group of wires that connect components. They provide a pathway for data transfer.