Across
- 2. - refers to the physical parts of a computer and related devices
- 3. - any device that provides input to a computer
- 5. - Central Processing Unit
- 8. Software computers a software program that runs on your compter.
- 11. Systems - software designed to control the hardware of a specific data-processing system in order to allow users and application programs to make use of it.
- 12. - a visual representation of something on your computer
- 13. - the bar that spans the bottom of the screen and contains the Start button to the left side and the system tray to the right.
- 14. - a disk drive that reads data stored on hard disks.
Down
- 1. - a large powerful computer, often serving many connected terminals and usually used by large complex organizations
- 4. - a long narrow socket in a computer into which an expansion card can be inserted
- 6. - an interface for issuing commands utilizing a computer utilizing a pointing device, such as a mouse, that manipulates and activates graphical images on a monitor.
- 7. - a programmable machine, it can execute a programmed list of instructions and respond to new instructions that is given
- 9. - an external device that provides input and output for the computer
- 10. - can be difficult to describe because it is virtual, it consists of lines of code written by computer programmers that have been compiled to a computer's hard drive.