Across
- 2. a thermal conductive metal device designed to absorb and disperse heat away from a high temperature object such as a computer processor.
- 4. the configuration that a system must have in order for a hardware or software application to run smoothly and efficiently.
- 7. computer memory that requires power to maintain the stored information
- 8. Small program that corrects or enhances existing software
- 9. computer memory that can retrieve stored information even after the computer has been shut off.
- 11. Collections of updates, fixes, or enhancements to software delivered as a single file.
- 12. printed circuit board on which memory integrated circuits are mounted.
Down
- 1. When the operating system is overused and spends more time swapping data than running software
- 3. a kind of memory that retains data in the absence of a power supply.
- 5. Collection of files (larger than a patch) that revises software to fix problems or provide enhancements.
- 6. a unique number or set of numbers assigned to a specific release of a software program, file, firmware, device driver, or even hardware.
- 10. a read-only memory whose contents can be erased and reprogrammed using a pulsed voltage.