Across
- 4. a situation in which two computer programs sharing the same resource are effectively preventing each other from accessing the resource
- 7. a computer software package that performs a specific function directly for an end user
- 8. Information Superhighway
- 13. the overall design of a computing system and the logical and physical interrelationships between its components
- 14. Founded Microsoft
- 17. a method design teams use to generate ideas to solve clearly defined design problems.
- 20. an organized collection of structured information, or data, typically stored electronically in a computer system
- 21. any item, either in the physical or virtual world
- 23. Half of a byte
- 24. a term used to describe closing all software programs in preparation to turn off a computer's power
- 25. a specific procedure for solving a well-defined computational problem.
Down
- 1. the ability of an algorithm or program to run more than one task at a time
- 2. the process by which information is encoded into electrical signals for transmission over a medium.
- 3. a number, figure, symbol, or indicator that is smaller than the normal line of type and is set slightly below it
- 5. the page typically encountered first on a website that usually contains links to the other pages of the site
- 6. a measure of how easily an application can be transferred from one computer environment to another
- 9. To detect software failures so that defects may be discovered and corrected
- 10. a small segment of a larger message
- 11. 2 raised to the 50th power of bytes
- 12. software development process in a linear sequential flow.
- 15. a coding error in a computer program.
- 16. An established set of rules that determine how data is transmitted
- 18. a small graphical representation of a program or file
- 19. a process that transforms encrypted information into its original format.
- 22. a measure of the degree to which the elements of the module are functionally related