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Down: 1) software term. A 'hot fix' is a correction made to a piece of software to repair a fault that has just been detected.2) An error detection and correction method. You will find 'CRC' sections within a data packet such as an Ethernet packet.4) Pronounced "bye-ose". This is an acronym for basic input output system. The BIOS runs as part of the start up sequence when you switch on your computer. The BIOS contains all the code required to control the hardware e.g. keyboard, monitor, mouse.6) Pagination is the process of breaking up the contents in a document into seperate pages.7) This is not an insulting term. It simply means that the computer terminal attached to a network is capable of running applications on its own. For example, most PC's are 'fat clients' because they can run applications without being connected to a network.8) If you wish to improve the performance of a computer you select a machine that will run on a faster clock.9) .....11) A spreadsheet term. Short for 'Vertical Lookup'13) Linux is a free open-source operating system which is based on Unix. It is becoming popular as a powerful, low-cost operating system for running servers, especially because it is so robust and reliable. It supports multi-user and multi-tasking and is also well suited to run on personal computers Across: 1) In order for a machine such as a computer to be useful, people need to interact with the system.3) Some software, such as the spreadsheet application Excel, can pull data out of a web page and load it as a table in the application.5) A computer programming term. This is the name given to a "defined set of steps that can be used to complete a task".10) This is a quite an old (circa 1970's) type of socket / interface that is still present on the back of most personal computers. It was mainly used to connect computers to a printer with a thick unwieldy cable. In fact it was commonly called the 'printer port'. It looks like a long blue socket with 25 pin-holes arranged in two rows. These days the USB port has virtually taken over this task12) This is a control term.14) 'Hertz' is another word for 'cycles per second'. It is a measure of frequency and computer clock speed.
 

 

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