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ICT Terms and Shortcuts

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Practice ICT vocabulary: encryption, spammers, software, protocols, servers, drivers, the cloud, frozen programs and copy and cut shortcuts.

This general crossword has 16 clues. Select a numbered square, read the matching clue, and type the answer. Crossing letters help confirm each word. You can print a worksheet or make your own crossword from a custom word list.

Horizontal Words

  1. a file location given a letter, like C: (5)
  2. all computers connected together (8)
  3. when an application has frozen up (5)
  4. codes everything into gibberish, unless you have a key (10)
  5. loves the cheese (5)
  6. ctrl-x (3)
  7. the eye in ICT (11)
  8. this computer is always on and online (6)
  9. a program that only exists online is floating on one of these (5)

Vertical Words

  1. you need one of these when you set up a new device (6)
  2. a piece of digital audio, a pop-rap favorite (6)
  3. someone who sends annoying emails over and over (7)
  4. programs are also called this (8)
  5. a set of rules that makes the web work (8)
  6. microsoft puts this at the top of their office (6)
  7. ctrl-c (4)
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The ICT Terms and Shortcuts crossword is a general puzzle with 16 entries to solve from the clues shown beside the grid. Fill an answer into the numbered squares, then use its crossing letters to narrow the possible answers for neighboring clues. You can work through the puzzle in the browser or open the print layout for a paper copy.

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This puzzle includes clues such as “a file location given a letter, like C:”, “you need one of these when you set up a new device”, and “all computers connected together”. Read the full across and down lists next to the grid before deciding where to begin. An exact definition or familiar fact is usually a good starting point; after entering it, check each crossing clue against the letters now available. The clue text comes from the community puzzle submission and is displayed unchanged for solving.

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