An integrated circuit that contains all the

functions of a central processing unit of a computer

An electronic circuit formed on a small piece of

semiconducting material: circuit board, circuit diagram, printed circuit

(board)

Software that is designed to collect information

about how someone uses the internet, or personal information such as passwords,

without the user knowing about it

The collection of computer programs and related

data that provide the instructions telling a computer what to do

The part of a computer in which data or program

instructions can be stored for retrieval

A plan for carrying out a process or procedure, giving

lists of intended events and times

An operating system analogous to DOS and Windows, supporting multiple concurrent user

Software that is designed to damage the

information on other people's computers, and prevent the computers from working

normally

A large high-speed computer, especially one

supporting numerous workstations or peripherals

Present, appearing, or found everywhere. If you

describe something or someone as ubiquitous, you mean that they seem to be

everywhere

A set of instructions that a computer follows in

order to perform a particular task

A printed circuit board containing the principal

components of a computer or other device, with connectors for other circuit

boards to be slotted into

The part of a computer in which information is

stored while you are using it

An operating system modeled on Unix, whose

source code is publicly available at no charge

A computer or computer program which manages

access to a centralized resource or service in a network

The system software that allows all the hardware

and software components to work together. It consists of a set of programs that

manages all the computer's resources, including the data in main memory and in

auxiliary storage

A computer which makes use of the quantum states

of subatomic particles to store information

A material, such as silicon, which allows

electricity to move through it more easily when its temperature increases, or

an electronic device made from this material

Software that is available to use and which you

pay for only if you wish to continue using it after a particular length of time

The permanent part of a computer's memory. The

information stored there can be read but not changed