Computer Terms

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 3. Signal going into an electronic system (5)
  2. 4. The area of the screen in graphical user interfaces against which icons and windows appear (7)
  3. 5. The mechanical, magnetic, electronic, and electrical components making up a computer system (8)
  4. 8. Computer ___ that holds and spins a magnetic or optical disk and reads and writes information (9)
  5. 10. Written programs or procedures or rules and associated documentation pertaining to the operation (8)
  6. 12. The most common computer memory which can be used by programs to perform necessary tasks while (3)

Down

  1. 1. Signal that comes out of an electronic system (6)
  2. 2. To transfer a file or program to a central computer from a smaller computer or a computer at a remote (6)
  3. 4. To transfer a file or program from a central computer to a smaller computer or to a computer at (8)
  4. 6. Memory whose contents can be accessed and read but cannot be changed (3)
  5. 7. A document connected to the World Wide Web and viewable by anyone connected to the internet who has (7)
  6. 9. An organized body of related information (8)
  7. 11. A system of world-wide electronic communication in which a computer user can compose a message (5)