Across
- 1. Global Positioning System; a collection of Earth-orbiting satellites
- 6. Random Access Memory; the amount of memory available for use by programs on a computer
- 7. A certain amount of RAM that is allocated as a temporary holding area so that the CPU can manipulate data before transferring it to a particular device
- 9. Numbering system with only two values; 1 and 0
- 11. Data storage device used for storing and retreiving digital information
- 12. A type of memory that retains information even after power is turned off
- 13. Connects one piece of information to a related piece of information in an electronic document
- 14. An area on a hard disk that contains a related set of files
- 15. Facts that you collect, such as payroll
- 17. Entering, editing and formatting text
- 20. The physical components of a computer
- 21. Any software that covertly gathers user information through the user's Internet connection
Down
- 2. Powerful computer that often utilizes many processors to provide services to many users simultaneously over a network
- 3. The process of rewriting parts of a file to contiguous sectors on a hard drive to increase the speed of access and retrieval
- 4. Collection of 1024 megabytes
- 5. A group of adjacent binary digits that a computer processes as a unit to form a character
- 7. Binary digit
- 8. A central processing unit contained on a single integrated circuit
- 10. An area of RAM reserved for data recently read from disk
- 16. Program designed for a specific purpose, such as word processing or graphic design
- 18. A group of interconnected computers capable of exchanging information
- 19. Software programs designed to damage or do other unwanted actions on a computer
- 22. Read-Only-Memory, type of non-volatile memory used in computers