What's In My Computer
The physical arrangement in a computer that contains the computer's basic circuitry and components.
What is the Mother Board?
The amount of data that can pass through a network or part of a network per second.
What is Bandwidth?
Spyware - computer software that obtains information from a user's computer without the user's knowledge or consent
What is spyware?
Someone who gains unauthorized access to other computers.
What is a Hacker?
Attempting to trick people into revealing sensitive information, such as passwords and credit card numbers, often by using emails or fake websites that look like they are from trusted organizations.
What is Phishing?
The program a computer's microprocessor uses to get the computer system started after its turned on.
What is the Basic Input/Output System or the BIOS
Two or more interconnected devices that can exchange data.
What is a Computer network?
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A crime committed using a computer and the internet.
What is cybercrime?
Unauthorized intrusion into a computer or a network.
What is a hacking?
Software that harms computers, networks, or people. Includes viruses, worms, ransomware, and other computer programs.
What is Malware?
The program that manages all the other programs in a computer.
What is the operating system or OS?
A company or organization that gives users and devices access to the Internet.
Internet service provider (ISP)
A worldwide network of computer networks.
What is cyberspace?
Someone who uses their hacking skills for political ends.
What is a hacktivist?
A type of malware that holds victims’ computer files hostage by locking access to them or encrypting them. It then demands a ransom if the victim wants his or her files back.
What is Ransomware?
The name for the electronic holding place for instructions and data that a computer's microprocessor can reach quickly.
What is memory?
A computer or computer program that provides specific services on a network, such as directing emails to specific addresses and storing and displaying information on web pages.
What is a Server?
A security system preventing access to a computer or network.
Wha is a firewall?
Software that harms computers, networks, or people. Includes viruses, worms, ransomware, and other computer programs.
What is Malware?
A flaw or weakness in a computer program that hackers or malware can exploit to gain access to a system or damage it.
What is a Software vulnerability?
A group of microchips designed to work as a unit in performing one or more related functions.
What is a chipset?
The process of scrambling data or messages making it unreadable and secret.
What is encryption?
The measures taken to protect a computer or computer system (as on the Internet) against unauthorized access or attack.
What is Cybersecurity?
Multiple computers on a network that are infected with a program that can be controlled remotely. The infected computers are usually used to cause damage that couldn’t be achieved with a single computer.
What is a Botnet?
Unsolicited emails sent to many addresses. The purpose of most spam is to make money through advertising or identity theft.
What is Spam?