Karteikarten
Internet Vocabulary Review
Karten in diesem Stapel (15)
- 1Internet/CyberSecurityVocabulary Review
- 2Net Neutralitythe principles that ISP's should deliver data to everyone equality, as fast as the technology allows.
- 3Encryptionthe process of converting information or data into a code, especially to prevent unauthorized access.
- 4phishingthe fraudulent practice of sending emails purporting to be from reputable companies in order to induce individuals to reveal personal information, such as passwords and credit card numbers.
- 5cookieAn HTTP cookie is a small piece of data sent from a website and stored on the user's computer by the user's web browser while the user is browsing.
- 6DDoS (distributed denial of service attack)characterized by an explicit attempt by attackers to prevent legitimate users of a service from using that service. In a DDoS attack, the incoming traffic flooding the victim originates from many different sources – potentially hundreds of thousands or more.
- 7Software Piracythe illegal copying, distribution, or use of software. It is such a profitable "business" that it has caught the attention of organized crime groups in a number of countries.
- 8Worma standalone malware computer program that replicates itself in order to spread to other computers.
- 9Cloud Computingthe practice of using a network of remote servers hosted on the Internet to store, manage, and process data, rather than a local server or a personal computer.
- 10Interneta global computer network providing a variety of information and communication facilities, consisting of interconnected networks using standardized communication protocols.
- 11TCP/IPthe basic communication language or protocol of the Internet; a set of rules (protocols) governing communications among all computers on the Internet.
- 12Routera networking device that forwards data packets between computer networks. Routers perform the traffic directing functions on the Internet.
- 13Cybersecuritythe state of being protected against the criminal or unauthorized use of electronic data, or the measures taken to achieve this.
- 14Virusa piece of code that is capable of copying itself and typically has a detrimental effect, such as corrupting the system or destroying data.
- 15Malwaregeneral name for a program that tries to affect your computer badly
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