Across
- 2. what is an input,output, and processing, and storage
- 5. A computer device that is not part of the essential computer, but is connected to the CPU by cables
- 8. Smaller computers designed for one user, meant for every-day uses. Types of Microcomputers vary widely
- 10. Programs that run the computer’s basic functions are
- 12. instructions installed into a computer that tell it what to do
- 13. collection of physical parts of a computer system
Down
- 1. very large computers with lots of processing power, used mostly by corporations, government agencies, and banks
- 3. programs that are designed for a specific purpose for the end user
- 4. computers that are small and mobile, and meant to be carried around and taken from place to place
- 6. runs hundreds of thousands of processors, capable of computer quadrillions of calculations in a few nanoseconds. used in computational science and quantum mechanics
- 7. can support up to about 200 users at the same time. Smaller than a mainframe, but bigger than a microcomputer. However, as microcomputers have become more advanced, the minicomputer is all but obsolete
- 9. three types of platforms
- 11. running more than one program at a time