Interview Flashcards
(15 cards)
What is a computer certificate?
A type of certificate that is bound to a computer entity and is used for providing identity and encryption services for that computer
What is Six Sigma?
The ability of manufacturing processes to produce a very high proportion of output within specification, 3.4 defects per million
What is DNS?
Domain Name System. It acts like a phone book for the internet, translating human-readable domain names (like google.com) into the numerical IP addresses that computers use to communicate.
What is DHCP?
Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol is a network management protocol used on Internet Protocol networks for automatically assigning IP addresses and other communication parameters to devices connected to the network using a client–server architecture.
What is HTTP?
Hypertext Transfer Protocol is the foundation of the World Wide Web, and is used to load webpages using hypertext links. HTTP is an application layer protocol designed to transfer information between networked devices and runs on top of other layers of the network protocol stack. A typical flow over HTTP involves a client machine making a request to a server, which then sends a response message.
What is LDAP?
Lightweight Directory Access Protocol is an open, vendor-neutral, industry standard application protocol for accessing and maintaining distributed directory information services over an IP network.
What is SMTP?
Simple Mail Transfer Protocol is a communication protocol used for sending and receiving email messages over the Internet
What is InfiniBand?
InfiniBand is a computer networking communications standard used in high-performance computing that features very high throughput and very low latency
What is an IP?
An Internet Protocol address is a unique numerical label that is assigned to a device connected to a computer network
What is HPC?
High Performance Computing is the use of supercomputers and computer clusters to solve advanced computation problems.
Why is Linux more secure?
Due to its open-source nature, inherent design, less market share, privacy/won’t collect data, reputable package manager
What is a kernel?
The core of an operating system and has control over everything in the system
Benefits of Linux?
Free, completely customizable, complete user control, open source, efficient
What is CI/CD?
Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment that automates the process of building, testing, and deploying code changes
