Across
- 2. A wireless networking technology that allows users to send voice and data from one electronic device to another via radio waves.
- 4. The physical components of a computer including the keyboard, monitor, disk drive, and internal chips and wiring. Hardware is the counterpart of software.
- 5. A challenge-response test in the form of an image of distorted text the user must enter that to determine whether the user is human or an automated bot.
- 10. A worldwide network based on the TCP/IP protocol that can connect almost any make or model of popular computers from micros to supercomputers.
- 12. A measurement of the amount of data that can be transmitted over a network at any given time.
- 13. a kind of word processor that does formatting so that printed output looks identical to what appears on your screen.
- 14. The process of transferring one or more files from your local computer to a remote computer.
Down
- 1. Piece of software designed to update a computer program or its supporting data, to fix or improve it.
- 3. The manipulation of data to prevent accurate interpretation by all but those for whom the data is intended.
- 5. A set of files saved on your hard disk that help your browser display pages you have already visited more quickly.
- 6. A collection of information organized so that a computer application can quickly access selected information; it can be thought of as an electronic filing system.
- 7. A program intended to alter data on a computer in an invisible fashion, usually for mischievous or destructive purposes.
- 8. A method of preventing unauthorized access to or from a particular network
- 9. any software intentionally designed to cause disruption to a computer, server, client, or computer network, leak private information, gain unauthorized access to information or systems, deprive access to information, or which unknowingly interferes with the user's computer security and privacy.
- 11. a mouse-based system that contains icons, drop-down menus, and windows where you point and click to indicate what you want to do.