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An agile development method that uses pairs of programmers who work off a detailed specification

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Extreme Programming (XP)

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In Software Development Security, a black box that combines code and data and sends and receives messages

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Object

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Changes the older procedural programming methodology and treats a program as a series of connected objects that communicate via messages

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Object-Oriented Programming

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Programming Languages that use subroutines, procedures, and functions

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Procedural Languages (eg. Basic, C, Fortran, Pascal)

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A software development model designed to control risk.

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Spiral Model

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A development model that focuses on security in every phase

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Software Delevelopment Life Cycle

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An application development model that uses rigid phases; when one phase ends, the next begins

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Waterfall Model

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Is a software that is executed directly by the CPU

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Machine Code or Machine Language

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Is a comput prgramming language instructions that are written in text that must that must be translated to machine code before execution by the CPU

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Source Code

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Is low level programming language

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Assembly Language

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This converts assembly language into machine language

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Assembler

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This attempts to convert machine language into assembly

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Disassembler

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This take source code, such as C or Basic and compile it into machine code

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Compilers

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A code that is compiled on the fly each time the program is run

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Interpreted code. (eg. Perl, Object-Oriented Programming

Object-Oriented Programming

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Is a platform independent code that is converted into machine code by the Java Virtual Machine (JVM)

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Java Bytecode

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These are computr languages that are designed to increase a programmer’s efficiency by automating the creation of computer programming code.

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Fourth Generation Language (4GL)

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This uses programs to assist in the creation and maintenance of other computer programs

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Computer-Aided software engineering (CASE)

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Is programming method where it starts with the broadest and highest level requirements (the concept of the final program) and works down toward low-level technical implementation details

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Top Down

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Reverse of Top Down approach in programming

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Bottom-up

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Is a software that is typically released in excutable form while the source code is kept confidential.

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Closed Software

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Is software where its source code is published publicly

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Open Source

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Is a software that is subject to intellectual property protections such as patents and copyrights

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Proprietary Software

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A software that is free of charge to use

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Freeware

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A fully proprietary software that maybe initially use free for a period of time

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shareware

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Is partially functioning proprietary software, often with key features disable. User typically make a payment to unlock those features

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Crippleware

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Its a development model that has highly overlapping steps

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Sashimi (like japanese overlapping of fish)

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What are the XP core practices?

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Planning Paired Programming Forty hour workweek Total Customer Involvement Detailed Test Procedures

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A rapidly develops software via the use of prototypes, dummy GUI’s, back end databases and more. It’s aim is to quickly meeting business needs of the system; technical concerns are secondary.

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Rapid Action Development

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is an iterative approach that breaks projects into smaller tasks, creating multiple mockups(prototypes) of system design features

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Prototyping

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Steps of SDLC Process

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  1. Inititation
  2. System Concept DEvelopment
  3. Planning

4, Requirements Analaysis

  1. Design
  2. Development
  3. Integration and Test
  4. Implmentation
  5. Operations and Maintenance
  6. Disposition
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This describes the process of having a third party store an archive of computer software

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Software Escrow

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In OOP. this has the ability of performing different methods depending on the context of the input message

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Polymorphism (many forms)

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In OOP, a method where two instances (specific objects) with the same names that contain different date

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Polyinstantiation (many instances)

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A concept used to describe an object that reuires losts of otehr objects to perform basic jobs

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Coupling

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A concept used to describe an object that can perform most functions independently

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Cohesion

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A middleware that connect programs to programs. They can be udr to locate objects acting as object search engine.

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Object Request Broker (ORB)

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Common Object brokers (ORB) includes

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COM, DCOM, CORBA

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Two object broker technologies by Microsoft

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COM - Component Object Model

DCOM - Distributed Component Object Model

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What is the difference betwween Microsoft COM and DCOM?

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COM locates objects on a local system

DCOM can locate objects over a network

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Is an opem vendor neutral networked object broker framework by the Object Management Group (OMG). Its objects communicate via a message interface, described by the interface definition language (IDL)

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CORBA - Common Object Request Broker Architecture

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Two software development methodologies that take the concept of of obects to a higher , more conceptual design than OOP.

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Object Oriented Analysis (OOA)

Object Oriented Design (OOD)

43
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Vulnerabilities that allow an attacker with (typically limited) access to be able to access additional resources.

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Privilege Escalation

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Is a software testing method that test code passively, that is the code is not running. This includes walkthroughs, syntax checking, and code reviews.

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Static Testing

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is a softwaretsting method that test the code while executing it.

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Dynamic Testing

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is a software testing method that gives the tester access to program source code , data structures, variables etc.

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White Box Software Testing

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Is software testing method where tester have no internal details; the software is treated as a blackbox that receives input.

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Black Box Testing

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This can be use to map customer’s requirements to the software testing plan: It traces the requirements and ensures that they are being met.

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Traceability Matrix

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What are the software testing levels?

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  1. Unit Testing
  2. Installation Testing
  3. Integration Testing
  4. Regression Testing
  5. Acceptance Testing
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In software testing, it is a low level tests of software components, such as functions, procedures or objects

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Unit Testing

51
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Testing software as it is installed and first operated

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Installation Testing

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In software testing, testing multiple software components as they are combined into a working system; substes maybe tested, or Big Bang integration testing tests all integrated software components

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Integration Testing

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Testing software after updates, modification or updates

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Regression Testing

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Testing to ensure the software meets the customer’s operational requirements; when this testing is done directly by the customer, it is called “User Acceptance Testing”

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Acceptance Testing

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Is a type of blackbox testing that enters random, malformed data as inputs into software programs to determine if they will crash

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Fuzzing or Fuzz testing

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Is a black box testing method that seeks to identify and test all unique combinations of software inputs

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Combinatorial Software Testing

A good example of this is the Pairwise Testing

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This describes the action taken by a security researcher after discovering a software vulnerability

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Disclosure

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It is the controversial practice of releasing vulnerability details publicly.

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Full Disclosure

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Is the practice of privately sharing vulnerability information with a vendor and withholding public release until a patch is available

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Responsible Disclosure

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Is a maturity framework for evaluating and improving the software development process

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Software Capability Maturity Model (CMM)

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What are the five levels of Software Capability Mature Model?

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  1. Initial
  2. Repeatable
  3. Defined
  4. Managed
  5. Optimizing
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Is a structured collection of related data

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Databases are managed by ______ which controls all access to the database and enforces the database security

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Database Management System (DBMS)

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Is a mathematical attack where an attacker aggregates details at a lower classification to determine information at higher classification

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Aggregation

65
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Is a simillar attack to aggragation but the attacker must logically deduced missing details

66
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What are the formal database types?

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Relational (two dimensional)

Hierarchical

Object Oriented

67
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The simplest form of database, a text file that contains multiple lines of data , each in a standard format

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A table in database is also called ____

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A row is a database record which is also called _____

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A column in database table is called _____

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A single cell (intersection of row and column) in a database is called ____

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Relational database requires a unique value called ____ in each tuple in a table

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Primary Key

73
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Is a key in related database table that matches a primary key in the parent database

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Foreign Key

75
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Databases must ensure the integrity of of the data in the tables; this is called _____

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Data Integrity

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____________ means that every foreign key in a secondary table matches a primary key in the parent table

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Referential Integrity

77
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______ means that each attribute (column) value is consistent with the attribute data type

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Semantic Integrity

78
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____ means each tuple has a unique primary key that is not a null

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Entity Integrity

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This seek to make that data in a database table logically concise , organised, and consistent. It removes redundant data and improves the integrity and availability of database

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Database Normalisation

80
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Normalisation has three rules called Forms. What are these?

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First Normal Form(1NF)- Divide data into tables

Second Normal Form (2NF) - Move data that is partially dependent on the primary key to another table

Third Normal Form (3NF) - Remove data that is not dependent on the primary key

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The results of database query

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Database View

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This contains a description of the database tables

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Data Dictionary

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A data about data

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A critical data dictionary component which describes the attributes and values of the database table

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Database Schema

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______ is a log of all database transactions

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Database Journal

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____ mirrors live database., allowing simulataneous reads and writes to multiple replicated databases by clients

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Database Replication

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Its similar to a replicated database but all changes is made to a primary database, but clients do not access this. It serves as a live data backup of the primary

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Shadow Database

88
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Is a large collection of data may store even petabytes (1000) terabytes of data

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Data Warehouse

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This is use to search for patterns in a data warehouse. Commonly sought patterns includes signs of fraud

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Data Mining

90
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The science of programming electronic computers to think more intelligently, sometimes mimicking the ability of mammal brains

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Artificial Intelligence

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Simulate neural networks found in humans and animals

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Artificial Neural Networks

92
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Creates Random Programs and assigns them a task of solving a problem

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Genetic Programming

93
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Is a form of aritificial intelligence that uses knowledge base and inference engine

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Expert System

94
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Is a form of artificial intelligence normally use to identify spam

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Bayesan Filtering

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