Across
- 1. An organization that provides access to the Internet. Connection to the user is typically via DSL, cable or FiOS; however, ISPs can deliver service via satellite, dial-up, ISDN, private lines and wireless.
- 4. An inhouse website that serves employees only, and most medium-sized and large companies have one.
- 6. The most widely used hardware interface for attaching peripherals to a computer.
- 8. The computing part of the computer. Also called the "processor," it is made up of the control unit and ALU.
- 10. A small text file (up to 4KB) created by a website that is stored in the user's computer either temporarily for that session only or permanently on the hard disk (persistent cookie).
- 12. The primary method for keeping a computer secure from intruders.
- 14. Machinery and equipment (CPUs, drives, keyboards, printers, scanners, cables, etc.)
Down
- 2. A series of instructions that performs a particular task is called a "program."
- 3. The transmission capacity of an electronic pathway such as a communications line, computer bus or computer channel.
- 4. The term internet, spelled with a lower case "i," has always meant a large network made up of smaller networks.
- 5. The fundamental display element of an electronic screen or bitmapped image.
- 7. A website that contains text entries in reverse chronological order (most recent entry first).
- 9. Pronounced "fishing," it is a scam to steal valuable information such as credit card and social security numbers, user IDs and passwords.
- 11. Reserved areas of memory in every computer that are used to speed up instruction execution, data retrieval and data updating.
- 13. The address that defines the route to a file on an Internet server (Web server, mail server, etc.).