Computer Awareness

4. equal to 8 bits
6. a program that is running on your computer, this can be anything from a small background task, such as a spell-checker or system events handler to a full-blown application like Internet Explorer or Microsoft Word
7. anything that comes out of a computer
9. information that is stored using a series of ones and zeros
10. the smallest unit of information on a machine
12. a complete set of information
15. a computer device that is not part of the essential computer
20. executable software that runs on a computer
21. a collection of related data or program records stored on some input/output or auxiliary storage medium
24. can refer to a hardware connection
26. an input device commonly used to control video games
28. the person using the computer

1. used to display the output of a computer to the user
2. internal storage areas in the computer
3. a device used to cntroll the computer
5. produce sound
6. a device that prints text or illustrations on paper
8. a series of operating systems developed by Microsoft
11. an image or visual representation of an object
13. a board of keys
14. a thin, flexible plastic disk coated with magnetic material, on which data and programs can be stored for later retrieval
16. Read-Only Memory
17. a device that draws pictures on paper based on commands from a computer
18. to sketch (someone or something) in lines or words
19. a device or program that enables a computer to transmit data
22. a group of two or more computer systems linked together
23. an input device that scans documents such as photographs and pages of text
25. allow people to organise their computer by storing stuff in them
27. you enter data into your computer
29. stands for Random Access Memory