CN-120 Linux Server Fundamentals Key Terms Week 1
Across
- 4. Scrambling the characters used in a message so that the message can be seen but not understood or modified unless it can be deciphered
- 8. Programming object that can resolve the truth value of a condition, sch as whether one variable is equal to another
- 11. A non-interactive process that runs in the background to support an OS or application function such as Plug-and-play, the print spooler, and DHCP. Also known as daemon
- 12. One of several fully functional operating systems and members of the Linux family that run the Linux kernel, GNU software, and additional components. Also known as a Linux distribution
- 13. System component providing a command interpreter by which the user can use a kernel interface and operate the OS
- 17. A human-readable name that identifies a network host
- 18. The fundamental security goal of keeping information and communications private and protecting them from unauthorized access
- 19. The fundamental security goal of insuring that computer systems operate continuously and that authorized persons can access data that they need
- 21. Security settings that control access to objects including file system items and network resources
- 22. The fundamental security goal of keeping organizational information accurate, free of errors, and without unauthorized modifications
Down
- 1. The local administrative account on a Linux system, typically named root
- 2. A low-level piece of code responsible for controlling the rest of the operating system
- 3. An operating system virtualization deployment containing everything required to run a service, application, or microservice
- 5. A reference to a specific location on a file system
- 6. The property by which a user is allowed to apply and modify the permissions of a file or directory
- 7. Software program that has been executed and is running in system memory
- 9. A method of validating a particular entity's or individual's unique credentials
- 10. A program that runs in the background without the need for human intervention. Also known as a service
- 14. Identifier for a value that can change during program execution
- 15. Series of simple or complex commands, parameters, variables, and other components stored in a text file and processed by a shell interpreter
- 16. The theoretically indecipherable fixed-length output of the hashing process. Also known as hashed value
- 20. Command-line text editor that extends the original vi software