Across
- 1. 1975, first (blank) computer
- 3. starting up a computer from a halted or powered down condition
- 5. father of computers
- 7. temporary place to store material that works quickly
- 10. earliest example of a computer
- 11. a geographic network that covers a relatively small geographic area
- 12. computing machine that performs calculations according to precise instructions
- 15. the physical parts of the computer
- 17. a device that provides electricity to a computer
- 18. operating systems is an example of...
- 20. 1950, first (blank) computer
- 21. Set of instructions that tells the hardware what to do
- 22. temporary storage RAM
- 23. storage device that stores digitally encoded data on rapidly rotating rigid disks with magnetic surfaces (can be permanent or portable)
- 25. hardware that allows us to see what the computer is doing
- 26. an example of software that is typical used to locate things on the internet
- 28. first computers were...
- 29. the largest WAN
Down
- 2. groupings of 1's and 0's that makes information that a computer can understand
- 4. software used to control the computer and its peripheral equipment
- 6. where the processor & memory live within a computer
- 8. permanent storage
- 9. largest type of network in terms of geographic area
- 12. where abacus was developed
- 13. how your computer talks to other computers
- 14. brain of the computer that performs instructions defined by software
- 16. Permanent instructions that cannot be changed
- 19. device used to insert data into a computer or other device
- 24. often the system of networks
- 27. device that projects images, gives sound, and basically gives out the info from the computer so the user can obtain it