Acronyms (Page 6) - Reverse Flashcards
An integrated circuit designed to be configured by a customer or a designer after manufacturing - hence “field-programmable”.
FPGA
Field Programmable Gate Array
A technology that monitors and reports changes in files, often used in IT security.
FIM
File Integrity Management
In biometric security systems, the measure of the likelihood that the biometric security system will incorrectly reject an access attempt by an authorized user.
FRR
False Rejection Rate
A standard network protocol used for the transfer of computer files between a client and server on a computer network.
FTP
File Transfer Protocol
An extension of FTP that adds support for the Transport Layer Security (TLS) and the Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) cryptographic protocols.
FTPS
Secured File Transfer Protocol
A mode of operation for symmetric key cryptographic block ciphers that has been widely adopted because of its efficiency and performance.
GCM
Galois Counter Mode
A regulation in EU law on data protection and privacy in the European Union and the European Economic Area.
GDPR
General Data Protection Regulation
A free software re-implementation of the OpenPGP standard as defined by RFC4880, which allows you to encrypt and sign your data and communications.
GPG
GNU Privacy Guard
A feature of Windows that provides centralized management and configuration of operating systems, applications, and users’ settings in an Active Directory environment.
GPO
Group Policy Object
A satellite-based radionavigation system owned by the United States government and operated by the United States Space Force.
GPS
Global Positioning System
A specialized electronic circuit designed to rapidly manipulate and alter memory to accelerate the creation of images in a frame buffer intended for output to a display device.
GPU
Graphics Processing Unit
A tunneling protocol developed by Cisco Systems that can encapsulate a wide variety of network layer protocols inside virtual point-to-point links or point-to-multipoint links over an Internet Protocol network.
GRE
Generic Routing Encapsulation
Refers to systems that are durable and likely to operate continuously without failure for a long time.
HA
High Availability
A data storage device that uses magnetic storage to store and retrieve digital information using one or more rigid rapidly rotating disks coated with magnetic material.
HDD
Hard Disk Drive
A system that monitors important operating system files.
HIDS
Host-based Intrusion Detection System
