Across
- 2. Acronym for a digital/virtual tool that masks your IP address, location, and scrambles your data, hiding your browsing activity from your Internet Service Provider (ISP), hackers on public Wi-Fi, and advertisers. (3 letters)
- 5. A digital [x] is the sum of your online identity, built from your activities, content, and interactions on the internet. It acts as a virtual "fingerprint" or resume. (7 letters)
- 7. Software that can independently perform an unlimited variety of tasks in ways that match or exceed human cognitive abilities. (2 letters)
- 11. A term often used to describe the inaccuracies in the content made by generative AI software. (13 letters)
- 12. The picture a company builds of you from all the data it collects. (7 letters)
- 14. Any kind of unwanted, and annoying e-mail, text message, phone call, or message that you receive in bulk from people or companies who want to advertise their products or broadcast their political or social views. (4 letters)
- 16. Abbreviation of the service that runs on the internet. It is a system of linked websites, pages, and media that you navigate using a web browser. (Hint: you type it first!) (3 letters)
- 18. A small file a website leaves on your device to remember who you are and what you did there. (6 letters)
- 20. This refers to various high-capacity transmission technologies that transmit data, voice, and video across long distances and at high speeds. It replaced the slow "dial-up" connections of the past and is delivered to your home or phone via fibre optic cables, copper telephone lines, or wireless signals. (9 letters)
- 22. Term for all the platforms and apps that allow people, creators, and businesses to communicate with one another, create online communities, exchange ideas, and share content. (2 words, 11 letters)
- 23. A set of instructions used in computer programming, designed to accomplish a specific task (often compared to recipes). (9 letters)
- 27. A tiny piece of semiconductor material (usually made of silicon) that contains complex miniature electronic circuits. (9 letters)
Down
- 1. Type of data drawn from your body, such as your fingerprint or face. (9 letters)
- 3. The underlying hardware or software (like an operating system) that allows applications and software programs to run. (8 letters)
- 4. The ability to control who can see or use your personal information. (7 letters)
- 6. The device in your home that connects your other devices to the internet. (6 letters)
- 8. Abbreviation for Europe's main law protecting personal data. (4 letters)
- 9. An attack that attempts to steal your money, or your identity, by getting you to reveal your personal information, such as credit card numbers, bank information, or passwords, on websites that pretend to be legitimate. (7 letters)
- 10. A digital barrier that blocks unwanted (or unallowed) traffic from reaching your network. (8 letters)
- 12. The process by which people design, write, test and maintain step- by-step instructions (code) for computer systems. (11 letters)
- 13. Ongoing watching of a person's activity, often collected and stored as data over time. (12 letters)
- 15. Any piece of information collected, stored, or shared about you, from your birthday to your location. (4 letters)
- 17. A set of interconnected pages, images, and other files hosted on a server and accessible via the internet through a unique address called a domain name. (7 letters)
- 19. The physical network of connected hardware, wires, cables, and routers. It is the infrastructure. (8 letters)
- 21. A website or app, like a social network, where people share content and data. (8 letters)
- 24. Data about data, like the time and location stamped on a photo.(8 letters)
- 25. Remote computers, not your own device, where your photos and files are stored. (5 letters)
- 26. A wireless technology that allows your devices (phones, laptops, smart TVs) to connect to a local network and access the internet without physical cables. It uses invisible radio waves to transmit data back and forth through the air between your device and a wireless router. (4 letters)