Nov 26 2008
Well, i found ineresting book on my hard drive. And there was a networking Glossary which i would like to share.
- ad hoc - Refers to a wireless network that is computer to computer, without a wireless router.
- adware - Programs that are designed to display advertising to the user that may not be expected or wanted.
- antispyware/antiadware – Software programs used to detect, remove, and prevent adware and spyware programs from being installed on computer systems.
- antivirus – Software programs used to detect, remove, and prevent computer viruses, worms, and Trojan horses from being installed on computer systems.
- backup – The process of copying critical files to another device or location to protect against the loss of data in the event of a file-destroying virus, loss, or physical trauma to a computer.
- bit - Short for “binary unit” (or binary digit); this is single digit of information, which is a 1 or 0.
- bot – Programs that install themselves on people’s computers for malicious purposes, often used as remote-attack tools to allow a hacker to gain control over your computer.
- bot army – Thousands of computers that have been taken over by hackers remotely, typically to anonymously conduct distributed denial-of-service attacks.
- broadband – A term used to describe high-speed Internet service. The term comes from the fact that a broad range of frequencies are used to attain high information-exchange rates.
- brute-force attack - Defeating password or encrypted data by successively trying a large number of possibilities (for example, exhaustively trying password combinations using a dictionary attack program).
- byte – A standard-size “chunk” of computer language or network information. A byte is made of 8 bits.
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