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| Input | To enter data into a computer system. |
| Output | The results (usually in the form of information) produced by a computer system. |
| Hardware | Tangible elements of a computer system. |
| CD/DVD Drive | Storage device that uses laser technology to work with data. |
| Brute Force Attack | Pass-word cracking software that exhausts all possible keys to decrypt a password…can run for days, weeks, to crack passwords. |
| Printer | Output device that produces text/graphics on paper. |
| Sound System | Output device that plays digitally recorded sounds. |
| Phishing | Sophisticated approach to password theft in which a hacker poses as a legitimate representitive of an official organization. |
| Hard Disc Drive | Main storage device of a computer system. |
| Mouse | Input device used to manipulate on-screen graphical objects and controls. |
| Keyboard | Input device that contains the alphanumeric keys. |
| Software | Digital instructions that direct a computer system to perform a task interact with a user, or process data. |
| Sniffing | Password theft technique that intercepts information sent out over computer networks. |
| User ID | A series of characters—numbers, letters, and symbols—that becomes a person’s unique identifier. |
| Column Break | This is a type of break that indicates the text following it will start in the next column. |
| Section Break | This type of section break starts the new section on the same page. |
| Landscape | Horizontal page orientation |
| Portrait | Vertical page orientation |
| Watermark | A recognizable image or pattern in the background of documents that appears as various shades of lightness/darkness when viewed. |
| Clip Art | Graphics inserted into a document to illustrate a specific concept. |
