Across
- 5. a set of rules for how messages are turned into data packets and sent across networks
- 8. a small software program that controls the devices you connect to your computer
- 10. a temporary area of computer memory use to store data for running processes
- 12. a piece of hardware that connects to a computer e.g. a mouse, keyboard, printer or scanner
- 13. a computer code designed to damage a computer system
- 14. the physical parts of a computer system
- 16. when it comes to desktop and laptop computers, what’s the most common operating system to have
Down
- 1. how would you describe an operating system that is able to execute many programs simultaneously
- 2. system the software that runs a computer
- 3. a physical interface on a computer to connect external such as mice and keyboards
- 4. a portion of the hard disk that is used as an extension of your main memory.
- 6. a computer file that is damaged, possibly unusable
- 7. part of the computer that stores data
- 9. the brain of the computer that processes program instructions
- 11. a type of computer memory that can be accessed randomly
- 15. a version of apple’s mac os operating system for apple computers