Across
- 1. a kind of software used to prevent, scan, detect and delete malicious code from a computer. Once installed, most run automatically in the background to provide real-time protection against attacks.
- 4. an insulated board on which microchips and other components are mounted or etched
- 8. flash drive, SD card, CD/DVD, floppy disk, external hard drive, internal hard drive, Cloud, Google Drive, Amazon Photos
- 10. ctrl+y
- 11. ctrl+c
- 13. ctrl+f
- 14. ctrl+p
- 15. a miniature electronic circuit used to control computers and most other electronic devices; also called microprocessor. May contain an entire processing unit. Computers are made of many of these on a circuit board.
- 17. The parts of the computer you can actually touch.
- 18. ctrl+h
- 19. ctrl+v
- 22. ctrl+n
- 24. ctrl+x
- 25. printer, keyboard, mouse, microphone, speakers, webcam, flash drive, external hard drive
- 27. F7
- 29. Applications that tell the hardware what to do and how to do it. For example, writing and reading programs, and games.
- 30. F11
Down
- 2. ctrl+u
- 3. (Central Processing Unit, CPU) the electronic component that interprets and carries out the basic instructions that operate the computer
- 5. ctrl+z
- 6. ctrl+o
- 7. The most important program that runs on your computer. It lets the computer’s hardware and software work together.
- 9. ctrl+shift+t
- 12. a type of malicious code or program written to alter the way a computer operates and is designed to spread from one device to another, damaging the devices or stealing data.
- 16. ctrl+i
- 19. USB, HDMI, cardbus, ethernet, VGA, DVI, eSata, auxiliary jack, s-video, display port, power port
- 20. ctrl+b
- 21. ctrl+s
- 23. F5
- 26. ctrl+a
- 28. (Random Access Memory) the memory that is available on a computer for storing data and programs currently being processed. It is automatically erased when the power is turned off