Computer Literacy

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 2. A short line of text that a web site puts on your computer's hard drive when you access the web site (6)
  2. 4. The most common computer memory which can be used by programs to perform necessary tasks while (3)
  3. 6. A widely used search engine that uses text-matching techniques to find web pages that are important (6)
  4. 8. A particular environment or walk of life (6)
  5. 9. Worldwide network connecting computers (8)
  6. 11. The act of bringing something to bear (11)
  7. 12. A program that determines how a computer will communicate with a peripheral device (plural) (7)

Down

  1. 1. Small rodent that squeaks, or a computer pointer (5)
  2. 2. Machine that stores information and runs programs (8)
  3. 3. A widely used search engine for the web that finds information, news, images, products, finance (5)
  4. 5. The area of the screen in graphical user interfaces against which icons and windows appear (7)
  5. 7. Written programs or procedures or rules and associated documentation pertaining to the operation (8)
  6. 10. Screen that shows what a computer is doing (7)
  7. 13. An operation that determines whether one or more of a set of items has a specified property (6)