Across
- 1. Apps like Amazon’s Alexa or Apple’s Siri that use natural language processing to respond to your verbal commands or questions, using search technology to provide answers or perform a task, such as adding an item to a grocery list.
- 3. A form of data input in which computers interpret and digitize spoken words or commands.
- 5. Reads aloud to the user instead of the user reading on a printed page or on the screen
- 8. The “brains” of a computer; a chip that containsa central processing unit.
- 11. The programs and apps that instruct the computer to perform tasks. Software processes data into meaningful information.
- 13. Having a current knowledge and understanding of computers, mobile devices, the web, and related technologies
- 14. Having a current knowledge and understanding of computers, mobile devices, the web, and related technologies
- 15. Uses technology to enable workers to connect to the company’s network, communicate with each other, use productivity software and apps,meet via web conferencing, and more
- 17. Smaller, cheaper, and more reliable replacement for vacuum tubes in the second generation of computers.
- 20. Developed in the 1960s, packed the equivalent of thousands of vacuum tubes or transistors into a silicon chip about the size of your thumb.
- 21. Working from home.
- 26. Cylindrical glass tubes that controlled the flow of electrons, used in the first generation of computers.
- 27. The gap between those who have access to technology and its resources and information, especially on the Internet, and those who do not.
- 28. The device itself and its components, such as wires, cases, switches, and electronic circuits.
- 30. (IoT)An environment where processors are embedded in every product imaginable (things), and these things communicate with one another via the Internet or wireless networks.
- 31. (M2M)Using computers to monitor computer assembly lines and equipment.
- 33. (PC)Computers designed for personal use, as opposed to commercial or industrial use.
- 35. A freestanding booth usually placed in a public area that can contain a display device used to show information to the public or event attendees.
- 36. (mHealth)Refers to healthcare professionals using smartphones or tablets to access health records stored in the cloud, and patients using digital devices to monitor their conditions and treatments.
- 37. An electronic device, operating under the control of instructions stored in its own memory, that can accept data, process the data to produce information and store the information for future use.
- 38. (VR)The use of computers to simulate a real or imagined environment that appears as a three-dimensional (3-D) space
- 40. (LMS)Web-based sites where students can check their progress in a course, take practice tests, and exchange messages with the instructor or other students.
- 41. U.S. law that requires that public schools purchase or acquire funding for adaptive technologies.
- 42. A practice that involves reducing electricity consumed and environmental waste generated when using computers, mobile devices, and related technologies.
- 43. An improvement in card technology that stores data on an embedded chip instead of a magnetic stripe.
Down
- 2. (AI)The technological use of logic and prior experience to simulate human intelligence.
- 4. text)Descriptive text added to an object. Also called alt text.
- 6. Classroom in which technology is used to facilitate learning and communication.
- 7. Person familiar with how to use technology to become an educated and productive member of the digital world.
- 9. (AR)A type of virtual reality that uses an image of an actual place or thing and adds digital information to it.
- 10. Technology that uses audio output to describe the contents of the screen.
- 12. (ADA)Law that requires any company with 15 or more employees to make reasonable attempts to accommodate the needs of physically challenged workers.
- 16. (CAM)Used by manufacturers to streamline production and ship products more quickly. With CAM, robots perform work that is too dangerous, detailed, or monotonous for people.
- 18. Software that helps a user to input data or information verbally
- 19. A device that can communicate, locate, and predict; part of the Internet of Things (IoT).
- 22. Refers to the use of technology by a company's employees to meet the needs of a large business.
- 23. A computer that functions as one component ina larger product, and which has a specific purpose
- 24. Raw facts, such as text or numbers
- 25. bring your own device Policy that enables employees to use their personal devices to conduct business
- 29. (IT) department in medium and large businesses responsible for ensuring that all the computer operations, mobile devices, and networks run smoothly.
- 32. Software that enables a user to create an outline or structure of information.
- 34. The science that combines engineering and technology to create and program robots. Robots are useful in situations where it is impractical, dangerous, or inconvenient to use a human.
- 39. Data that has been processed to become meaningful.