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- 3. a numeric system that only uses two digits — 0 and 1
- 6. also known as encrypted or encoded information because it contains a form of the original plaintext that is unreadable by a human or computer without the proper cipher to decrypt it
- 7. a type of denial of service (DoS) attack that sends a series of "SYN" messages to a computer, such as a web server
- 9. the process of receiving data over the Internet
- 11. the protection of computer systems from theft of or damage to their hardware
- 12. an automated program that runs over the Internet
- 16. the class of data encoding methods that uses inexact approximations and partial data
- 19. An IP address, or simply an "IP," is a unique address that identifies a device on the Internet
- 22. A megabyte is 106 or 1,000,000 bytes
- 24. the language used to create webpages
- 26. a dot matrix data structure that represents a generally rectangular grid of pixels
- 28. a digital telecommunications network which allows nodes to share resources
- 29. a technology that recognizes text within a digital image
- 38. any process in which information is gathered and expressed in a summary form
- 39. is a database that is located, stored, and maintained in a single location
- 42. the study of visual representations of abstract data to reinforce human cognition
- 43. smallest unit of data in a computer
- 46. a list of applications that are denied of access to a certain system
- 50. Stands for "American Standard Code for Information Interchange." ASCII character encoding provides a standard way to represent characters using numeric codes
- 51. An algorithm is a set of instructions designed to perform a specific task
- 53. A megapixel is one million pixels
- 54. Cryptography is the science of protecting information by transforming it into a secure format
- 55. an international standard for a secure cryptoprocessor, a dedicated microcontroller designed to secure hardware
- 57. any letter, number, space, punctuation mark, or symbol that can be typed on a computer
- 58. a central file storage location
- 59. the process of analyzing large amounts of data in order to discover patterns and other information
- 62. the process of putting/ converting data into a sequence of characters and symbols into a specialized format
- 63. refers to a collection of systems used to protect the copyrights of electronic media
- 64. A dossier is a collection of papers or other sources, containing detailed information about a particular person or subject
- 65. a symmetric-key block cipher
- 68. Rendering is the process of generating a final digital product from a specific type of input
- 70. the process of taking encoded or encrypted text or other data and converting it back into text that you or the computer can read and understand
- 72. a term used to describe unsightly debris that accrues as a result of the experience of digital living
- 74. the basic unit of programmable color on a computer display or in a computer image
- 75. - Metadata describes other data about a certain item’s content
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- 1. counts as a barrier between a trusted system or network and outside connections, such as the Internet
- 2. a continuous transmission of information to our senses
- 4. A wallpaper or background is a digital image used as a decorative background of a graphical user interface
- 5. any type of hardware that stores data
- 8. a facility used to house computer systems and houses computing facilities routers, firewalls, etc.
- 10. Lossless compression reduces a file's size with no loss of quality
- 13. cloud computing refers to applications and services offered over the Internet
- 14. a collection of tables with unknown relationships gathered to serve a specific
- 15. Stands for "Radio-Frequency Identification." RFID is a system used to track objects, people, or animals using tags that respond to radio waves
- 17. the primary location from where data comes
- 18. the address of a specific webpage or file on the Internet
- 20. information processed or stored by a computer
- 21. is a namespace that organizes a set of related classes and interfaces
- 23. the use of dedicated websites and applications to interact with other users,
- 25. A disk drive is a device that reads, writes, and deletes data to a disk
- 27. the ownership of intangible and non-physical goods, such as an idea, name, content, etc,
- 30. land or resources belonging to or affecting the whole of a community
- 31. is a computer program that is designed to simulate what might or what did happen in a situation
- 32. the software and hardwaresystems that support data-intensive applications
- 33. expressed as series of the digits 0 and 1
- 34. refers to an enterprise data storage entity into which data has been specifically partitioned for an analytical or reporting purpose
- 35. A digital signal is a signal that is being used to represent data as a sequence of discrete values
- 36. consists of multiple devices that communicate with one another
- 37. U.S. government encryption standard supported by the National Institute of Standards & Technology
- 40. can be larger than the original packet for the following
- 41. is an entity that issues digital certificates
- 44. the number of transistors placed in an integrated circuit or chip doubles approximately every two years
- 45. a small amount of data sent over a network, such as a LAN or the Internet
- 47. refers to methods of organizing units of data within larger data sets.
- 48. a list of items that are granted access to a certain system or protocol
- 49. a small chip that resides in computers and other electronic devices
- 52. the part of a view that is nearest to the observer, especially in a picture or photograph
- 56. a type of RAM that stores each bit of data on a separate capacitor
- 60. is 109 or 1,000,000,000 bytes
- 61. Query is another word for question
- 66. Processing is a programming language designed for the visual arts community
- 67. an electronic medium used to form a global computer network to facilitate online communication
- 69. Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) is an emerging technology
- 71. stores recently used information so that it can be quickly accessed at a later time
- 73. refers to junk e-mail or irrelevant postings to a newsgroup or bulletin board