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Vocabulary Building Blocks: (32 Across)
fob (NOUN) 1. A small pocket at the front waistline of trousers or at
the front of a vest, designed to hold a watch. 2. A short chain or ribbon
attached to a watch and worn dangling from such a pocket. 3. An ornament
attached to a key ring. 4. A small portable electronic device that activates a
door lock. (The phrase "fob off" means to mislead or misinform purposely, or
to provide somebody with a different and inferior item from what she or he
wanted.
Did You Know? (8 Down) RISC is an
abbreviation for reduced instruction set computer. A RISC is a
microprocessor, (integrated circuit) that primarily functions to process a
small set of instructions rapidly and efficiently. RISC chips are especially
fast in computing numerical data.
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