Software

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 * VPN || virtual private network ||
 * Encryption || Is a process of converting readable data into unreadable characters to prevent unauthorized access  ||
 * Decrypt || or decipher is to turn data into a readable form ||
 * SMS || short message service ||
 * DLL || dynamic link library ||
 * Signature algorithm SHA1 ||   ||
 * Ciphertext ||  An encrypted message ||
 * ASC ll || (American standard Code for Information Interchanges) A code that represents characters as a series of 1s and 0s. ||
 * Symmetric key || encryption also known as private key encryption, both the originator and the recipient use the same secret key to encrypt the and decrypt the data. ||
 * Asymmetric key || also known as public key encryption uses two encryption keys; a public key and a private key  ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">Data || <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">collection of unprocessed items, which can include text, numbers, images, audio, and video ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">PGP || Pretty Good Privacy a popular program used to encrypt and dycrypt messages  ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">Packet sniffer || <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">program that monitors data as it travels over networks ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">Handshake || <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">a process where a protocol helps two network devices communicate ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">Virus || <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">A program designed to attach itself to a file, reproduce and spread from one file to another, destroying data, displaying an irritating message, or otherwise disrupting computer operations ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">Denial of Service Attack || <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">DOS attack is an assult whose purpose is to disrupt computer access to an internet service such as the web or email ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">Fire wall || <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">is hardware or software that protects a network’s resources from intrusion by users on another network such as the internet ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">Spoofing || <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">is a technique intruders use to make their network or internet transmission appear legitimate to a victim computer or network ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">Password || is a private combination of characters associated with the user name that allows access to certain computer resources  ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">Biometrics || <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">authenticates a person’s identity by transmitting a personal characteristic, such as a fingerprint, into a digital code that then is compared with a digital code stored in the computer verifying a physical or behavior characteristic ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">Noise || <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">is any unwanted signal, usually varying quickly, that is mixed with the normal voltage entering the computer ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">Spam || <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">is an unsolicited email message or newsgroup posting sent to many recipients or newsgroups at once ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">Phishing || <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">is a scam in which a perpetrator sends and official looking email that attempts to obtain your personal and financial information ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">Spyware || <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">is a program placed on a computer without the user’s knowledge that secretly collects information about the user ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">Antivirus || program protects a computer agains viruses by identifying and removing any computer viruses found in memory, on storage media, or on incoming files  ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">CIA principle || <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">Confidentiality Integrity Availability ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;"> AES || <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">(Advanced Encryption Standard) An encryption standard that uses three separate key sizes and is based on the Rajndael encryption algorithm ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">Application software || Computers programs that help you perform a specific task such as word processing.  ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">Binary digits || <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">Series of 1 and 0 representing data ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">Binary number system || A method for representing numbers using only two digits, 0 and 1.  ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">Brute Force method || <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">A method of breaking encryption code by trying all possible encryption keys usually employing supercomputers. ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">Browser || <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">A program that communicates with a Web servrer and displays Web pages ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">Broken link || <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">A non functioning web link ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">Bridge || <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">A device that connects two similar networks by simply transferring data without regard to the network format ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">Boot sector virus || <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">A computer virus that infects the sectors on a disk that contain the data a computer uses during the boot process ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">Boot process || <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">The sequence of events that occurs within a computer system between the time the user starts the computer and the time it is ready to process commands ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">Cluster || <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">A group of sectors on a storage medium that, when accessed as a group, speeds up data access ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">Cookie || A message sent from a web server to a browser and stored on a user’s hard disk, usually containing information about the user  ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">Computer network || <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">A collection of computers related devices connected in a way that allows the to store data, hardware, and software. ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">Computer program || <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">a detailed set of instructions that tells a computer how to solve a problem or carry out a task ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">Digital signature || <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">is an encrypted code that a person, Web site, or company attaches to an electronic message to verify the identity of the message sender ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">Digital Certificate || is a notice that guarantees a user or a Wev site is legitimate
 * <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">e-commerce || short for electronic commerce, a business transaction that occurs over an electronic network  ||