Across
- 1. A collection of information, usually including a username and the current date and time, stored on the local computer of a person using the World Wide Web, used chiefly by websites to identify users who have previously registered or visited the site.
- 2. A memory device in which information can be accessed in any order.
- 4. uniform resource locator; a standardized address of a location on the internet, esp on the World Wide Web
- 6. A sequence of adjacent bits, usually eight, operated on as a unit by a computer
- 9. computing the representation of each one of a set of numbers, letters, etc, as a unique sequence of bits, as in ASCII
- 14. Is the brain of the computer
- 15. the software that supports a computer's basic functions, such as scheduling tasks, executing applications, and controlling peripherals.
- 17. A computer that processes requests for HTML and other documents that are components of web pages.
- 19. internet service provider, a business providing its customers with connection to the internet and other related services
- 20. a personal computer small enough to fit conveniently in an individual workspace
- 22. An interconnected system of networks that connects computers around the world via the TCP/IP protocol.
- 23. the programs and other operating information used by a computer.
- 24. Is physical components that make up a computer system.
- 25. Universal Serial Bus is an industry standard developed in the mid-1990s that defines the cables, connectors and communications protocols used in a bus for connection, communication, and power supply between computers and electronic devices.
- 27. The set of routines stored in read-only memory that enable a computer to start the operating system and to communicate with the various devices in the system, such as disk drives, keyboard, monitor, printer, and communications ports.
Down
- 1. a model of computer use in which services stored on the internet are provided to users on a temporary basis
- 3. a printed circuit board containing the principal components of a computer or other device, with connectors into which other circuit boards can be slotted.
- 5. a high-capacity, self-contained storage device containing a read-write mechanism plus one or more hard disks, inside a sealed unit. Also called hard disk drive.
- 7. The numerical sequence that serves as an identifier for an Internet server.
- 8. This term is used to describe a preset value for some option in a computer program.
- 9. A program that accesses and displays files and other data available on the Internet and other networks.
- 10. connect as or operate with a network.
- 11. intellectual property, esp computer source code, that is made freely available to the general public by its creators
- 12. A fast storage buffer in the central processing unit of a computer. Also called cache memory.
- 13. Memory hardware that allows fast access to permanently stored data but prevents addition to or modification of the data.
- 16. of, relating to, or situated on the edge or periphery of something.
- 18. A computer or program that can download files for manipulation, run applications, or request application-based services from a file server.
- 21. computing domain name system
- 26. In computing, booting is the initial set of operations that a computer system performs after electrical power to the CPU is switched on or when the computer is reset. ...