Computers

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 3. To transfer a file or program from a central computer to a smaller computer or to a computer at (plural) (9)
  2. 4. A written message addressed to a person or organization (plural) (7)
  3. 6. Two or more atoms bound together as a single unit and forming part of a molecule (plural) (6)
  4. 9. The words of something written (4)
  5. 10. The state or condition of touching or of being in immediate proximity (plural) (8)
  6. 11. Electronic equipment consisting of a device used to connect computers by a telephone line (5)
  7. 13. A system of world-wide electronic communication in which a computer user can compose a message (5)
  8. 14. The part of a computer that does most of the data processing (3)
  9. 15. A subdivision of a particular kind of thing (4)

Down

  1. 1. Systematic investigation to establish facts (8)
  2. 2. Worldwide network connecting computers (8)
  3. 5. An operation that determines whether one or more of a set of items has a specified property (6)
  4. 7. Applying the mind to learning and understanding a subject (5)
  5. 8. A widely used search engine that uses text-matching techniques to find web pages that are important (6)
  6. 11. A communication that is written or spoken or signaled (7)
  7. 12. A memory device consisting of a flat disk covered with a magnetic coating on which information is (4)