Across
- 4. A complete central processing unit (CPU) contained on a single silicon chip.
- 5. Software that allows one to calculate numbers in a format that is similar to pages in a conventional ledger.
- 7. An electronic device that uses light-sensing equipment to transfer paper images such as text, photos, and illustrations and translate the images into signals that the computer can then store, modify, or distribute.
- 8. To combine two or more files into a single file.
- 12. A thousand gigabytes.
- 13. Computer programs; also called applications.
- 14. The process of transferring information from a computer to a web site (or other remote location on a network).
- 17. Software that makes it possible to look for and retrieve material on the Internet, particularly the Web.
- 18. A UNIX - like, open-source operating system developed primarily by Linus Torvalds. It is free and runs on many platforms, including both PCs and Macintoshes.
- 19. A term used in a GUI operating system that uses windows. It refers to reducing a window to an icon, or a label at the bottom of the screen, allowing another window to be viewed.
- 20. The protocol for identifying a document on the Web.
Down
- 1. Devices used to store massive amounts of information so that it can be readily retrieved. Devices include RAIDs, CD-ROMs, DVDs.
- 2. (VR) A technology that allows one to experience and interact with images in a simulated three-dimensional environment.
- 3. A remote "face-to-face chat," when two or more people using a webcam and an Internet telephone connection chat online. The webcam enables both live voice and video.
- 5. Exploring the Internet.
- 6. Software created by people who are willing to sell it at low cost or no cost for the gratification of sharing.
- 8. A context-related list of options that users can choose from.
- 9. An object-oriented programming language designed specifically for programs (particularly multimedia) to be used over the Internet. It allows programmers to create small programs or applications (applets) to enhance Web sites.
- 10. A computer that shares its resources and information with other computers, called clients, on a network.
- 11. A multiple-socket connector that allows several devices to be connected to a computer.
- 14. A very powerful operating system used as the basis of many high-end computer applications.
- 15. Taking packets of information (sound or visual) from the Internet and storing it in temporary files to allow it to play in continuous flow.
- 16. A way to communicate with a remote computer over a network.
- 17. A process search engines use to investigate new pages on a web site and collect the information that needs to be put in their indices.