Across
- 2. A preselected option adopted by a computer program when no alternative is specified by the user or programmer.
- 3. To move something from one area to another on a computer screen using the mouse.
- 5. A small, sometimes circular object that you press to operate a device or a machine, or an area on a computer screen.
- 9. A line on a computer screen that moves to show the point where work is being done.
- 10. To distribute for a particular purpose.
- 13. A small picture or symbol on a computer screen that you point to and click on with a mouse to give the computer an instruction.
- 15. On a computer screen, a row of icons (= small pictures that you choose in order to make the computer do something).
- 16. A question in which you ask for something.
Down
- 1. A list of choices that can be made to appear on a computer screen.
- 4. The quality or characteristic of something that makes it possible to approach, enter, or use it.
- 6. A measure of how many units of information a system can process in a given amount of time.
- 7. Information stored on a computer as one unit with one name.
- 8. Not trained in or not having a detailed knowledge of a particular subject.
- 11. An asynchronous signal indicating the need for attention or a synchronous event in software indicating the need for a change in execution.
- 12. To move text or other information on a computer screen in order to see a different part of it.
- 14. A place on a computer where files or programs can be stored.