Hardware/Software Flashcards
Any software package that automatically render advertisements in order to generate revenue for its author.
Adware
Computer software used to detect, remove, and prevent malicious software, such as viruses, Trojans, malware, worms, etc.
Antivirus Software
A hidden method for bypassing normal computer authentication systems, primarily used to gain unauthorized access to a computer system.
Back Door
The abbreviation for “binary digit,” used to designate a single state of a computer value or signal, often notated a 0 or 1, false or true, off or on, low voltage or high voltage, etc.
Bit
A virus carrying a built-in time delay so that the virus becomes active after a specific “incubation” time.
Bomb
Derived from the word “robot,” _____ (also called zombies) automate tasks and provide information or services that would otherwise be conducted by a human being.
Bot
A unit of digital information that most commonly consists of 8 bits. In Java, a _____ is an integer data type with a numerical range from -128 to 127.
Byte
A small area of fast memory located on the mother board of a computer, used by the central processing unit.
Cache
The software on a machine that accesses a remote service on another server computer.
Client
The main integrated circuit on the motherboard of a computer that is responsible for processing commands and data.
Central Processing Unit (CPU)
A collection of information that is organized so that it can easily be accessed, managed, and updated.
Database
The process of encoding messages or information in such a way that only authorized parties can read it.
Encryption
A virtual wall in protection software that prevents certain types of network traffic from entering a network, usually by the use of port numbers, an Open Systems Interconnection (OSI) Level 4 feature.
Firewall
A secondary storage device that plugs into the USE port of a computer.
Flash Drive
An old style secondary memory storage technology that indicates either 3.5 inch or the even older 5.25 inch disk that were flexible.
Floppy Drive
A newer style of program interface (as opposed to command line) that features dialog boxes, clicking features such as buttons, boxes, and radial buttons, commonly seen in most modern programs.
Graphical User Interface (GUI)
The primary device in a computer that is used for secondary storage, such as the operating system and various application programs needed by the computer to function.
Hard Drive
The physical devices in a computer system, such as the main unit, monitor, keyboard, printer, etc.
Hardware
A general term for malicious software or code (called mail code) specifically designed to damage, disrupt, steal or inflict illegitimate action on data, hosts, or networks.
Malware
Sometimes called a logic chip, is a computer process on a microchip. Contains all, or most of, the central processing unit (CPU) functions is the “engine” that goes into motion when you turn your computer on.
Microprocessor
A display device for a computing system, such as a screen or projector.
Monitor
The observation made in 1965 by Gordon Moore, co-found of Intel, that the number of transistors per square inch on integrated circuits had double every year since the integrated circuit was invent, and that this tend would continue for the foreseeable future.
Moore’s Law
A type of computer architecture where a single physical processor contains the core logic of two or more processors.
Multicore Processor
The simultaneous execution of more than one program or task by a single computer processor.
Multitasking
