Across
- 1. Allow the computer to display or broadcast its results
- 4. collection of software that spans the Internet and enables the interlinking of documents and resources
- 5. communicates with CPU using lower speed circuitry
- 10. Carries out programmatic steps in order to process data
- 13. Store data as electrical charges in a series of memory “cells” made up of non-volatile electronic circuitry
- 14. units of data that correspond to one of two potential values
- 15. Collection of eight bits
- 16. Encompasses the physical components of the computer
- 17. Collections of wires
- 18. Stores information for the computer to process
- 19. A connection to another page and is usually displayed in a Web page as underlined, colored text
Down
- 2. Refers to the programs that execute on the hardware
- 3. A computer's central communications backbone connectivity point, through which all components and external peripherals connect
- 6. electronic components wired togethers to control the flow of electrical signals
- 7. instructions specifying the steps necessary to complete specific tasks
- 8. Vast international network of computers
- 9. a collection of programs that control how the CPU, memory, and I/O devices work together to execute programs
- 10. Utilizes high speed circuitry to provide extremely fast access to data
- 11. Allow computer to receive data and instructions from an external source
- 12. Metal platter that stores bits as magnetized and interprets them as bits