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Across 1. Local Area Network 3. A common method of networking computers in a Local Area Network (LAN). Ethernet can handle from 10,000,000-100,000,000 bits-per-second (or 10-100 megabits-per-second) and can be used with almost any kind of computer. 7. To save a file onto your computer from another source, like the Internet. People often download files, such as free-ware, share-ware, for installations, and sounds, movie clips, text files, or news streams onto their computer for viewing or listening. 8. Graphics Interchange Format. 11. A computer or software package that provides a specific service to client software running on other computers. The term can refer to a particular piece of software, such as a WWW server, or to the machine on which the software is running 13. Uniform Resource Locators 15. The software used to produce documents, such as letters, posters, reports, and syllabi. Common word processors used in schools are MS Works, MS Word, or ClarisWorks. 16. Hypertext Markup Language 18. The application of scientific discoveries to the development and improvement of goods and services that ideally improve the life of humans and their environment. 19. The background behind all your windows, menus, and dialog boxes: your virtual desk. You can change the look of your desktop by applying different properties to it through your control panel. 22. The page on the Internet which most often gives users access to the rest of the Web site. A site is a collection of pages. 24. Random Access Memory

Down 2. A group of connected computers that allows people to share information and equipment 4. A device for storing information in a fixed location within your computer. The equivalent of a filing cabinet in an office, the hard drive is used for storing programs and documents that are not being used. 5. The name given to any computer directly connected to the Internet. 6. A computer's main circuit board, containing the CPU, microprocessor support chips, RAM, and expansion (bus) slots. Also known as the logic board. 9. Hardware and/or software that separates a Local Area Network (LAN) into two or more parts for security purposes. 10. Any of a number of giant databases on the Internet which store data on Web sites and their corresponding URLs 12. A software program that lets you complete a task, such as writing a paper, creating a poster, designing an image, or viewing a Web page. 14. A set of 8 bits that means something to the computer, like a letter, number, or punctuation mark. For example, the byte 01001000 signifies the character H. The three-letter word hat requires 3 bytes. 17. The software application that allows you to view Internet pages. 20. personal computer 21. Central Processing Unit. The CPU is the hardware that most people consider the "brain" of the computer. It takes instructions from software, makes calculations, and helps run the show 23. operating system