Across
- 2. text at the top of a page in an electronic document or hard copy.
- 3. a computer file used to store electronic information or documents that you no longer need to use regularly
- 5. a disc capable of storing a significant amount more data than a standard compact disc
- 6. disc is any media read using a laser assembly
- 8. disk is a disk of which both sides are used to store data.
- 13. a data storage ring on a computer floppy diskette or hard drive that is capable of storing information.
- 17. something that is logical and easy to pickup with little or no instruction.
- 18. crash is a physical defect with a disk drive that causes the read/write heads to stop working
- 23. a single item of data within a database
- 24. a program that allows a user to interact computers in person or over a network.
- 25. a design that defines the overall look of characters.
- 26. new, improved, or fixed software, which replaces older versions of the same software.
- 28. a style of font that slants the letters evenly to the right.
- 29. time is the time taken for a hard disk controller to locate a specific piece of stored data.
- 30. any text that is darkened to help emphasize a remark or comment.
- 32. an optical disc format developed by thirteen consumer electronics and PC companies.
- 33. a field or option used to locate information within a database or another location.
- 34. a function or process of finding letters, words, files, web pages, or other data.
Down
- 1. (information) is less important information than related things
- 4. a small graphical representation of a program or file.
- 5. the action of selecting an object or section of text and moving it, usually to drop in an alternate area.
- 7. a row of boxes, often at the top of an application window, that control various functions of the software.
- 8. is a term used to describe the process of quickly pressing a mouse button twice while keeping it still.
- 9. a piece of computer equipment that you use for copying data from a computer onto a DVD.
- 10. technology which provides two individual recordable layers on a single sided DVD disc
- 11. the process of organizing data in a particular order allowing for information to be found easier.
- 12. a circular magnetic plate that is used for storing data in a hard disk
- 14. a program, script, or macro designed to cause damage, steal personal information, modify data, send e-mail, display messages, or some combination of these actions.
- 15. a system of organization of icons on a screen
- 16. heads are the small parts of a disk drive which move above the disk platter and transform the platter's magnetic field into electrical current (read the disk) or, vice versa, transform electrical current into magnetic field (write the disk)
- 19. a collection of computers, servers, mainframes, network devices, peripherals, or other devices connected to one another to allow the sharing of data
- 20. an icon, graphic, or text that links to another file or object
- 21. an area at the bottom of a document page that contains data common to other pages.
- 22. an area in a computer's memory where files or programs are stored
- 23. an object on a computer that stores data, information, settings, or commands used with a computer program.
- 27. a large quantity of indexed digital information
- 31. a software program that allows the user to create, manipulate, retrieve, and store information in a database.
