| A | B |
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| 802.11 | “a standard introduced by IEEE in June 1997 for wireless ethernet networks” |
| “Access Rights” | “privileges given or revoked allowing the user to look |
| Antivirus | “a software program designed to protect your computer and/or network against computer viruses” |
| ARCnet | “short for Attached Resource Computer network |
| ARPAnet | “created in 1969 by the US Defense Advanced Research Agency” |
| AutoPlay | “a feature found in MS Windows 95 and above that enables CDs that have the proper files to automatically run when inserted into the computer” |
| Backbone | “the main portion of a computer network that is capable of carrying the majority of traffic on a computer network. The backbone is commonly used to connect large networks or companies together” |
| Backdoor | “sometimes referred to as a trapdoor |
| BIOS | “short for Basic Input/Output System |
| “Blue Screen of Death (BSOD)” | “slang for the Windows General Protection Fault error message” |
| Broadband | “sometimes referred to as wideband transmission |
| CAT5 | “a description of network cabling that consists of four twisted pairs of copper wire terminated by a RJ-45 connector” |
| “Charles Babbage” | “created the Difference and Analytic Engine” |
| “Command Line” | “a prompt where the user types in the action instead of using the mouse to perform the action” |
| “Computer Name” | “the name and/or number of a computer |
| CPU | “also know as a computer processor or microprocessor |
| “Denial of Services” | “it is a form of attaching another computer or company by sending millions or more requests every second causing the network to slow down |
| “Device Manager” | “utility first introduced with the release of MS Windows 95 |
| “Domain Name” | “identifying title given to a system of computers |
| ENIAC | “short for Electronic Numerical Integrator and Calculator. Construction began in 1943 and was completed in 1946” |
| “Executable Virus” | “a type of non-resident computer virus that stores itself in an executable file and infects other files each time the file is run” |
| “Fiber Optic” | “hollow cables that send data by pulses of light |
| “File server” | “computer on a network that is used to provide users on a network with access to files” |
| “File System” | “commonly used method of organizing and retrieving files from a storage medium such as a hard drive” |
| “Gottfried Leibnitz” | “created the first mechanical calculator” |
| GUI | “first developed at Xerox PARC |
| Hardware | “a device that is physically connected to your computer or something that can be physically touched” |
| “Herman Hollerith” | “American who invented the Tabulating machine |
| “Honey Pot” | “a term used to describe a computer or network setup with the purpose of attracting a computer hacker” |
| IBM | “International Business Machines. Today it is one of the most know and successful computer companies of the world” |
| LAN | “short for Local area network; it is a network that has networking equipment and/or computers in CLOSE proximity to each other and cable of communicating |
| “Mark I” | “Mainframe used during WWII to help with the calculations for the atomic bomb project” |
| Motherboard | “also know as the mainboard |
| “Multi-User System” | “Commonly used to define a computer capable of allowing multiple users to connect to a network” |
| Nerd | “an individual who is obsessed with science |
| “Node address” | “a name or number that identifies a specific computer or terminal in a group of interconnected computers on a network” |
| Phreak | “A term used to describe an individual who illegally breaks into the telephone system to make free calls or to tap another phone” |
| PING | “Short for Packet InterNet Groper |
| “Polymorphic virus” | “A type of computer virus that has the capability of changing its own code allowing the virus to have hundreds |
| Software | “a collection of instructions that enables a user to interact with the computer or have the computer perform specific tasks for them. Without any type of software the computer would be useless” |
| SPAM | “A slang term commonly used to describe junk email on the Internet” |
| “Task Manager” | “A software utility found in MS Windows NT4.0 |
| “Trojan Horse” | “A program or utility that falsely appears to be useful program or utility such as a screen saver. However |
| UNIX | “(Not an acronym) Developed by some of the members of the Multics team at the Bell labs starting in the late 1969's by many of the same people who created the C programming language” |
| VoIP | “it is short for Voice Over Internet Protocol and is an Internet protocol that enables users to make calls over the Internet” |
| W3C | “short for World Wide Web Consortium; an organization founded by Tim Berners-Lee in 1994 to help with the development of common protocols for the evolution of the World Wide Web” |
| WAN | “Short for Wide Area Network |
| “Warm boot” | “one method of resetting a computer system that is already powered on |
| Worm | “First developed by researchers at XeroxPARC in 1978 |
