Help Desk 3 Flashcards
VPN
Virtual private network
WPA
Wi-Fi protected access
1s and 0s
Binary
Volatile Storage
Needs power to store data
Nonvolatile Storage
Does not need power to store data
WAP
Wireless access point. Allows wireless access to wired network
Router
Moves traffic from one network to another
DNS
Domain name system
Device Manager
Windows Device Management Utility
Compression
Decreases number of beds needed to illustrate data
Encryption
Turning plain text into cipher text
Looping
Allows repeated calculations until condition is met
Data Manipulation
Insert Select Delete Etc.
MSSQL
Microsoft Database
Availability
Keeping items there when needed
Integrity
Making sure items don’t change between point a and point B
Social Engineering
Tricking people into revealing sensitive info
Spoofing
Pretending to be someone else using IP, MAC, email