TekMom's Tech Buzzword Crossword Puzzle
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TekMom's Tech Buzzword Crossword Puzzle - CLUES

Across

1. Tiny picture on the screen.
4. Extra copy of a document or program.
5. Get a file from another computer, across a network.
7. Tiny unit of information storage consisting of an on/off signal.
9. Temporary storage on chips.
12. Communicate with someone on another computer by typing rather than talking.
13. Millions of computers around the world connected by a network of networks.
15. Tiny dot of light on the screen.
17. A kind of memory, it holds files and programs only while you're using them.
18. Where a column and row intersect on a spreadsheet.
19. 8 bits.
22. Part of the Internet that has linked pages of pictures, sounds, video and text. ("You can find it on the _____.")
23. Software program that you use to explore the Web.
25. The parts of a computer system that you can touch. ("The computer is made up of software and ______________.")
26. Portable diskette that holds 1.4MB of data.


Down

2. Also known as a processor, it's the chip that is the most important part of the computer.
3. "Takes a picture" of something and digitizes it.
6. A searchable, organized collection of information.
8. The programs that run on a computer.
9. Device that connects a computer to a network via a telephone line.
10. Tiny piece of silicon with electronic circuits; the CPU is one.
11. Line or shape on the screen that shows where the next character will go.
14. Document that organizes data in rows and columns of cells.
16. Bundle of wires that connects computer parts.
20. A way of counting using the numbers 0 and 1.
21. Website address.
24. Portable disk that stores about 650MB of "read only" information. (Usually written with a hyphen in it.)