Across
- 4. Wide Web an information system on the Internet that allows documents to be connected to other documents by hypertext links
- 8. irrelevant or inappropriate messages sent on the Internet to a large number of recipients.
- 9. a computer or computer program that manages access to a centralized resource or service in a network.
- 11. The “brain” of a computer, this is where data manipulation actually takes place.
- 12. System A program that, after being initially loaded into the computer by a boot program, manages all the other programs in a computer.
- 14. to restart (a computer) by loading the operating system
- 15. flash driver an external flash drive, small enough to carry on a key ring, that can be used with any computer that has a USB port.
- 16. a symbol or graphic representation on a screen of a program, option, or window, especially one of several for selection.
- 17. network security system
- 19. A monitor is a computer display that is often used synonymously with “computer screen” or “display.”
- 21. a piece of code that is capable of copying itself and typically has a detrimental effect, such as corrupting the system or destroying data.
- 22. an organizational element of a computer operating system used to group files or other folders together.
- 23. the collection of physical parts of a computer system.
Down
- 1. The area of a display screen where images, windows, icons and other graphical items appear.
- 2. a combined device for modulation and demodulation, for example, between the digital data of a computer and the analog signal of a telephone line.
- 3. An electronic device that stores and manipulates information.
- 5. copy (data) from one computer system to another, typically over the Internet.
- 6. a panel of keys that operate a computer or typewriter.
- 7. resource for recording data discretely in a computer storage device.
- 10. something that exists in essence but not in actuality.
- 11. message given to a web browser by a web server.
- 13. a global computer network providing a variety of information and communication facilities, consisting of interconnected networks using standardized communication protocols.
- 18. a program with a graphical user interface for displaying HTML files used to navigate the World Wide Web.
- 19. a small handheld device that is dragged across a flat surface to move the cursor on a computer screen, typically having buttons that are pressed to control functions.
- 20. a sudden failure which puts a system out of action.