Glossary of Terms Page 5 Flashcards
bring your own device (BYOD)
A term used to describe an environment where users bring their personall owned devices into the enterprise and integrate them into business systems.
buffer overflow
A specific type of software coding error the enables user input to overflow the allocated storage area and corrupt a running program.
business availability center (BAC)
A software platform that allows the enterprise to optimize the availability, performance, and effectiveness of business services and applications.
business continuity plan (BCP)
The plan a business develops to continuse critical operations in the vent of a major disruption.
business impact analysis (BIA)
An analysis of the impact to the business of a specific event.
business partnership agreement (BPA)
A written agreement defining the terms and conditions of a business partnership
cache
The temporary storage of information before use, typically used to speed up systems. In an Internet context, refers to the storage of commonly accessed web pages, graphic files, and other content locally on a user’s PC or a web server. The cache helps to minimize download time and preserve bandwidth for frequently accessed websites, and it helps reduce the load on a web server.
Capability Maturity Model (CMM)
A structured methodology helping organizations improve the maturity of their software processes by providing an evolutionary path from ad hoc processes to disciplined software management processes. Developed at Carnegie Mellon University’s Software Engineering Institute.
CAPTCHA
Completely Automated Public Turing Test to Tell Computers and Humans Apart, software that is designed to pose tests that require human ability to resolve, preventing robots from filling in and submitting web pages.
centralized management
A type of privilege management that brings the authority and responsibility for managing and maintaining rights and privileges into a simple group, location, or area.
certificate
A cryptographically signed object that contains and identity and a public key associated with this identity. The certificate can be used to establish identity, analogous to a notarized written document.
certificate authority (CA)
An entity responsible for issuing and revoking certificates. CA’s are typically not associated with the company requiring the certificate, although they exist for internal company use as well (such as Microsoft). This term is also applied to server software that provides these services. The term certificate authority is used interchangeably with certification authority.
