Across
- 1. Originally ... was an email message sent to a large number of people without their consent, usually promoting a product or service.
- 3. A global computer network providing a variety of information and communication facilities.
- 5. A social networking website that lets users create their own profiles, share status updates, pictures, videos and chat with other users.
- 10. ... is the activity of playing video games.
- 12. A ... is some data stored on a computer.
- 14. ... is an online service which allows people to put up web pages. The web is made up of many billions of separate web pages each stored on a web server.
- 16. ... is the state or application of technologies, processes and controls to protect networks, programs, data and users from cyber attacks and the risks of using the internet.
- 18. ... means to copy information from your internet-enabled device to the internet.
- 21. A program or piece of software designed to fulfil a particular purpose and is usually downloaded by a user to a mobile device.
- 25. ... are instructions that a computer program follows to perform a certain task.
- 26. In internet slang, a ... is a person who posts inflammatory comments or messages in an online community such as a forum, chat room, blog or on social networking sites.
- 27. A ... is a piece of software that can do different things such as delete files, steal data or even take over computers for hackers to control.
- 28. An ... is where you find a particular web page or website on the internet, also known as a URL.
- 29. ... refers to the username and password you use to sign into an online account.
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- 2. ... software is a program that is used to detect, prevent, and remove viruses on your computer or mobile device or that are sent to you in an email, chat message or on a web page.
- 4. A ... is a person who who gains unauthorised access to data, remotely, using a computer or mobile device.
- 6. A ... is a program that allows you to use the World Wide Web to view internet pages.
- 7. A ... is a small file that is sent to a web browser by a server and stored on the user’s computer.
- 8. ...is information, stored on computers and other storage devices.
- 9. A number of computers that are linked together so that they can exchange data.
- 11. These are the buttons on a web page that enable you to move around a site.
- 13. An abbreviation for World Wide Web.
- 15. A ... is a software program or piece of hardware that helps screen out hackers, viruses, and worms that try to reach your computer over the Internet.
- 17. A ... is a place on the internet where you can chat to one or more people.
- 19. Clicking on it will take you to a pre-defined location, such as another web page, or cause a document to open in your browser.
- 20. If you are ... you are connected to the internet and can share data with other computers.
- 22. An attempt to trick people into visiting malicious websites by sending emails or other messages which pretend to come from banks or online shops.
- 23. ... is the machinery, wiring, and other physical components of a computer system.
- 24. ... is a way to exchange messages over the internet.