Across
- 4. A program used to view the internet, such as Google Chrome
- 5. Transferring data from the internet, or another computer, to your computer
- 7. The parts of the computer system that you can touch (like the keyboard, mouse, screen)
- 9. The part of the computer system that visually communicates with the user and is somewhat like a television and referred to as “the screen”
- 11. the software that runs your computer and makes it think
- 13. Occurs when a user presses a button on the mouse or keypad twice in quick succession: this generates a command to the computer
Down
- 1. software (a.k.a. programs) such as a word processing, spreadsheet programs, or games runs on top of the operating system
- 2. A moveable handheld device that can control the arrow on the screen, select buttons, and click and drag objects
- 3. refers to the programs or applications that you use on your computer (Google Docs) or the programs that make your computer work (you physically cannot touch these)
- 6. switch: This turns the device on and off
- 8. A small picture used to represent a file or program
- 10. The first screen you see on the monitor when the computer starts up is called the desktop
- 12. A specialized surface on a laptop that responds to finger movements and works like a mouse to control the arrow on the screen