Across
- 3. often credited for creating computing ideas that led to computer science
- 4. Hardware & Software
- 10. Programs that make the computer work. ex: Windows 8, 10, Vista, GUI, or Linux.
- 11. Read Only Memory- Permanent instructions that cannot be changed
- 13. Storage device that stores digitally encoded data on rapidly rotating rigid disks with magnetic surfaces.
- 15. Set of instructions that tells the hardware what to do.
- 17. A computer or series of computers not connected by cables of any kind.
- 19. device that projects images, gives sound, and basically gives out the info from the computer so the user can obtain it
- 22. A device that provides electricity to a computer
- 23. Local Area Network
- 24. device used to insert data into a computer or other device
- 26. a storga device
- 27. An example of softwar
- 28. Wide Area Network
- 30. Software used to control the computer and its peripheral equipment.
Down
- 1. network drive, hard drive, flash drive, google drive.
- 2. the physical parts of a computer
- 5. software responsible for the general operation of a computer system, including the operation of hardware, running application software, and file management
- 6. Memory; Motherboard; CPU
- 7. Brain of the computer that performs instructions defined by software (CPU)
- 8. The components used to link computers and other devices so they may share files and utilize other electronic resources
- 9. stores data and information and is usually volatile; its contents are lost when electrical power is turned off.
- 12. Printed circuit board on which the CPU, RAM chips and other electronic circuit elements of a digital computer are frequently located.
- 14. Random Access Memory
- 16. starting up a computer from a halted or powered down condition
- 18. ex: Word, Excel, Photoshop, WordPerfect
- 20. process data, stores data, and produces results.
- 21. mew fatcs entered into the computer to be processed
- 25. Something anyone can operate
- 29. Groupings of 1's and 0's that makes information that a computer can understand.