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Terminology Flashcards

1
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Decryption

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Unlocking a protected document by entering a correct password

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Encryption

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Protecting a document with a password that only the owner should have

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Tags

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What is used to code in HTML

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Gateway

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Keeps you from entering or exiting/allow or not allow

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Firewall

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  • Hardware or software that stops malware from accessing your network
  • A gateway that prevents or allows information from reaching the internet
  • Can alert you when malware connects to your network
  • Can use it to block certain words or programs
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Malware

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Software that is intended to access your sensitive information like banking details

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Grid computing

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When multiple computers are used to solve a singular problem

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DDos Attack

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  • Distributed Denial of service Attack
  • A total attack that stops all people from using the service
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DoS

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  • Denial of service Attack
  • A service so slow that it no one can use it completely
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Bot/Zombie

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  • When the hacker takes over the computer to use it for their own personal gain
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NIC

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  • Network Interface Controller
  • Hardware component that allows your computer to connect to a wired network
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11
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Torenting

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A method for people to download books, movies, or audio files illegally

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VPN

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  • Virtual Private Network
  • Allows you to change your location and stay anonymous on the internet
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TOR

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  • Browser that allows you to access he dark web
  • Use a VPN to stay anonymous
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14
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Router

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  • Device that allows you to connect to the internet wirelessly

ADSL or Fibre

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Modem

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  • Device that takes the ADSL/Fibre connection and makes it understandable for the router
  • Allows the router to connect to the ADSL/Fibre
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ADSL

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  • Asymmetrical Digital Subscriber Line
  • A very old method of connecting to the internet
  • Made from copper
17
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Fibre

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  • A very fast way of connecting to the internet using light
  • Pulses information that bounces the information off the fibre pieces in the cable
18
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Worm

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A virus associated with a network

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Client vs Server

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  • Client is a device or program tht requires services via the web
  • Requests the server for content or service function
  • A server is a device or program that responds to the requests of clients by providing them services

clients: desktops, laptops, web browser server: file/web server

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Types of Wired connections

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  • ADSL(Internet)
  • Fibre(Internet/Network)
  • UTP(Network)
  • STP(Network/PoE)
21
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PoE

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  • Power over Ethernet
  • When your device can get its power from an Ethernet cable
22
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Wireless connections

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  • Wifi
  • Bluetooth
  • 3G/4G/5G (G=Generation)
23
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Phishing

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  • Stealing user data like login info
  • Tricks users by pretending to be a trsuted entity into confirming information or replying to an email through emails, text messages, or instant messages
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Other types of Phishing

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  • SMSishing- Phishing through SMS
  • Whaling- When very importnant people (“White-collar people”) are trucked into giving personal details or sensitive information because hackers masquerade as legitimate entities
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Computer Mal practices

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  • Pharming- Redirecting users to a fraudulent website pretending to be a legitimate one to get users personal information
  • Spoofing- When the header of an email is changed to conceil the indentity of the hacker
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CPU

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  • Intel, AMD
  • Retrieves information and executes instructions
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GPU

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  • AMD, Asus, MSI
  • Executes graphical instructions
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Heat sink

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  • Absorbs the heat from a computer, specifically the CPU if placed over it
29
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VGA port

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  • Used to connect a screen to a desktop or an external screen to a laptop
  • Only send images, if you want sound you have to use an Auxillary cable needs to be attached
30
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HDMI

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  • Can send both sound and videos without an aux
  • Can be faster and better image
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Computer Fan

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  • Keeps the internal temperature of the computer low
  • Can be placed on top of CPU or on the PSU
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PSU

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  • Power Supply Unit
  • Supplies the computer with electricity
33
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Social Engineering

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  • Any malicious activity that is accomplished through human interaction where people are manipulated psychologically into making mistakes and giving sensitive info

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