IGCSE Computer Science Paper 1 Crossword: 5.2 Digital Currency (Modules 500–509)
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Read each clue and write the matching term in the grid. Numbers in brackets show the letters in each word.
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- 2. Digital currency is fast and easy to send, but its value can change quickly, hackers can steal it, a lost password loses access, and not every shop accepts it. Word 3 of: Advantages and _____ (5)
- 4. Spending digital currency online or in shops that accept it to buy goods and services. The payment is sent from your wallet app as an electronic transaction. Word 2 of: ______ ____ digital ________ (4)
- 7. Software or an app on a phone or computer that stores a person's digital currency and is used to send and receive it. Losing access to it can mean losing the currency. Word 2 of: digital ______ (6)
- 8. A single movement of money from one person to another, such as a payment of an amount from a sender to a receiver. Each one must be recorded. (11)
- 9. A record book listing every transaction, so you can see who paid whom and how much. It is used to work out balances and keep an accurate history. (6)
- 10. Word 1 of the term in 4 Across: ______ ____ digital ________ (6)
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- 1. Both pay for goods, but digital currency exists only as electronic records in a wallet, sent over a network with a device and connection, while ______ is physical coins and notes handed over. Word 4 of: digital ________ vs ____ (4)
- 3. Buying digital currency and holding it, hoping its value rises so you can sell it for a profit. Its value can also fall, so you could lose money. (10)
- 5. Sending digital currency straight from one person's wallet to another's over the internet, even in another country, using the receiver's wallet address. No coins or notes are posted. Word 4 of: peer-to-peer ________ (8)
- 6. Money that only exists electronically as data on computers. It has no coins or notes, cannot be held in your hand, and is stored and sent using devices. Word 2 of: digital ________ (8)
Answer Key
IGCSE Computer Science Paper 1 · Modules 500–509
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2RISKS — Digital currency is fast and easy to send, but its value can change quickly, hackers can steal it, a lost password loses access, and not every shop accepts it. Word 3 of: Advantages and _____
4WITH — Spending digital currency online or in shops that accept it to buy goods and services. The payment is sent from your wallet app as an electronic transaction. Word 2 of: ______ ____ digital ________
7WALLET — Software or an app on a phone or computer that stores a person's digital currency and is used to send and receive it. Losing access to it can mean losing the currency. Word 2 of: digital ______
8TRANSACTION — A single movement of money from one person to another, such as a payment of an amount from a sender to a receiver. Each one must be recorded.
9LEDGER — A record book listing every transaction, so you can see who paid whom and how much. It is used to work out balances and keep an accurate history.
10PAYING — Word 1 of the term in 4 Across: ______ ____ digital ________
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1CASH — Both pay for goods, but digital currency exists only as electronic records in a wallet, sent over a network with a device and connection, while ______ is physical coins and notes handed over. Word 4 of: digital ________ vs ____
3INVESTMENT — Buying digital currency and holding it, hoping its value rises so you can sell it for a profit. Its value can also fall, so you could lose money.
5TRANSFER — Sending digital currency straight from one person's wallet to another's over the internet, even in another country, using the receiver's wallet address. No coins or notes are posted. Word 4 of: peer-to-peer ________
6CURRENCY — Money that only exists electronically as data on computers. It has no coins or notes, cannot be held in your hand, and is stored and sent using devices. Word 2 of: digital ________