Across
- 4. The layout or arrangement of how devices are connected together in a network.
- 5. Essential software that manages a computer's hardware and software resources. (2 words)
- 6. Moral principles that help us decide what is right and wrong when using technology.
- 8. A network that covers a huge geographical area, like connecting offices across whole countries.
- 11. A group of 8 bits.
- 14. Any malicious software designed to disrupt, damage, or gain unauthorized access to a system.
- 15. The smallest single element or dot in a digital picture.
- 16. A security weakness or flaw in a computer system that could allow a hacker to get inside(v____________).
- 18. How many instructions or cycles a CPU processor can execute in one single second. (2 words)
- 19. Very fast memory located close to the CPU that stores frequently used instructions.
- 20. A type of network where all devices are connected directly to a central switch or hub. (2 words)
- 21. A small, super-fast memory location inside the CPU used to store temporary data.
- 23. The amount of data that can travel through a network connection in a set amount of time.
- 25. Manipulating people into giving away confidential or secret information. (2 words)
- 27. A unique hardware code assigned to every device's network card when it is made in the factory. (2 words)
- 28. Scrambling data using a secret code so that unauthorized people cannot read or understand it.
- 29. A piece of hardware that forwards data between different networks.
Down
- 1. A group of connected devices that can share data and resources.
- 2. The programs and applications that run on a computer.
- 3. A security system that monitors and filters incoming and outgoing network traffic.
- 7. Measures taken to protect computers and networks from digital attacks. (2 words)
- 9. The physical, touchable parts of a computer system.
- 10. A trick where attackers send fake emails to steal private information like passwords.
- 12. A small computer built into a larger machine to do one specific job, like inside a washing machine. (2 words)
- 13. How many times per second an analogue sound wave is measured when converting it into digital data. (2 words)
- 15. A set of rules that governs how devices communicate over a network.
- 17. A base-16 number system that uses digits 0-9 and letters A-F to represent binary in a shorter way.
- 21. Permanent memory that holds key startup instructions for the computer and cannot be changed easily. (3 words)
- 22. The base-2 number system used by computers that consists of only 0s and 1s.
- 24. The smallest unit of data in a computer, represented as a single 1 or 0.
- 26. A character set that uses 7 or 8 bits to represent letters, numbers, and symbols.