Across
- 4. An individual’s personal computer that resides on a desk or table
- 6. Areas on Internet servers where data and applications can be stored and accessed
- 7. The thinking work computers do to turn input into output
- 8. Programs that tell a computer what to do and how to do it
- 9. The information computers get from users, devices, or other computers
- 11. The display screen used to provide visual output from a computer
- 13. The information computers give to users, devices, or other computers
- 15. A standard that allows communication between devices, such as between a flash drive and a computer
- 16. The physical parts of a computer
- 17. A personal computer that is small enough to be carried around
- 18. Saving information to use in the future
- 20. The most commonly used type of secondary storage device, which stores bits of data as aligned particles on the surface of a magnetic disk
- 21. A standard wireless technology that uses radio waves to connect devices
- 22. A computer that provides data to other computers
Down
- 1. The system that allows hardware devices to communicate with one another, run efficiently, and support software programs
- 2. The "brain" of a computer; a small, essential chip on the motherboard that performs most of the processing and control functions
- 3. A machine that works with information
- 5. The main circuit board inside a computer that connects the different parts of a computer together
- 10. Receives and sends data on computer networks
- 12. A very small piece of silicon inside a computer that has electronic circuits on it and can hold large quantities of information or perform mathematical and logical operations
- 14. A small storage device that uses flash memory and connects to the computer through a USB port; also called a pen drive, jump drive, or thumb drive
- 19. Stores data and instructions while the computer is working