Across
- 4. A reduction in the number of bits needed to represent data to save storage capacity or speed up file transfer.
- 5. The measurement of physiological characteristics like a fingerprint to identify individuals.
- 6. Consists of 8 adjacent binary digits (bits).
- 7. A device that modulates and demodulates analog carrier signals for encoding and decoding digital information.
Down
- 1. A display unit of information equivalent to one alphabetic letter or symbol.
- 2. Getting a computer ready to use by putting in the instructions from ROM.
- 3. A programmable electronic device that can store, retrieve, and process data.
- 6. The minimum unit of binary information represented as ones and zeros.