Across
- 1. Computing refers to applications and services offered over the Internet.
- 3. the predecessor to the Internet.
- 4. This term originally referred to a clever or expert programmer, it is now more commonly used to refer to someone who can gain unauthorized access to other computers.
- 5. American standard code for information interchange: a computer code for representing alphanumeric characters.
- 6. File a type of computer file that runs a program when it is opened. This means it executes code or a series of instructions contained in the file.
- 7. it is used to describe the virtual world of computers.
- 11. "Frequently Asked Questions," FAQ is a text file that is created to answer common questions a user may have about a certain software program or that a newcomer to a Web site might have regarding the site.
- 13. small amount of data generated by a website and saved by your web browser.
- 16. process that uses digital noise to smooth out colors in digital graphics and sounds in digital audio.
- 18. a small piece, part, or quantity of something.
- 19. a program with a graphical user interface for displaying HTML files, used to navigate the World Wide Web.
- 20. These are the little text-based faces and objects that you often see in e-mail and online chat.
- 21. is another name for a folder.
- 23. "Dots per Inch." DPI is used to measure the resolution of an image both on screen and in print.
- 25. Name: unique name that identifies a website.
- 26. a hit is a request made to a Web server.
- 27. Compression: is used to reduce the file size of one or more files.
Down
- 2. is a data structure that stores organized information.
- 6. the coding or scrambling of information so that it can only be decoded and read by someone who has the correct decoding key.
- 8. range of frequencies within a given band
- 9. regard something as being caused by (someone or something)
- 10. "Graphical User Interface," and is pronounced "gooey."
- 12. technology introduced by Microsoft in 1996.
- 13. a compact disc used as a read-only optical memory device for a computer system.
- 14. a heavy object attached to a rope or chain and used to moor a vessel to the sea bottom
- 15. e-mail was originally developed for sending simple text messages
- 17. Page This is the starting point or front page of a Web site.
- 21. This is the process in which data is sent to your computer.
- 22. (in a network) a desktop computer or workstation that is capable of obtaining information and applications from a server.
- 24. an auxiliary memory from which high-speed retrieval is possible.