Basic B-ITs
Smallest unit of data on a Binary computer, or digital system, Digits of 1's and 0's called this for short.
What are Bits
Computer network that interconnects computers within a limited area. Not to be confused with a Wide Area Network which involves leased telecommunications circuits.
Automatically downloads or displays advertising banners or popups when user is online, software that feloniously creeps ads with the goal of payoff for the producers
What is Adware
This famous techie is the CEO and founder of a (the) social network. With a movie of the same name... but don't throw the book at him.
Who is Mark Zuckerberg
Allows the user to interact with a system through voice or speech commands. Siri, Google Assistant and Alexa are examples of this hands-free, eyes-free interface.
What is Voice as User Interface?
A group of 8 bits make this, which is the basic unit passed around the computer usually in groups
Byte
A networking hardware device connecting multipurpose devices (or multiple PC's) together making them act as a single network segment. Operating on the physical layer, not on the data link layer.
What is a Ethernet Hub,(Active, Network, or Repeater Hub)
The process of identifying if someone is in reality who or what it intends to be. Used to provide access control for systems through verification.
What is Authentication?
Engineer and Founder of a truly boring company, once sold hat's & flame throwers as a joke. Some "T"hink he's in outer space. Makes money off the sun, digging holes, and launching rockets.
Who is Elon Musk
An innovation that results in the creation of a ‘digital twin’: a self-sufficient bot that can conduct a range of human tasks, often under pressured environments, applying advanced technologies, including AI and ML (machine learning), with the aim of automating a host of people-centric processes, and augmenting human roles.
Hyper-automation
Group of 4bits and group of 16 bits are called this respectively.
What is a nibble and a word
Network management "Protocol" used on Internet Protocol local area network. Must have a server present.
What is Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol
An unauthorized entry into an organizations database providing hackers access to customer data like -SSN’s, Bank Account Numbers, Passwords, and more exposing valuable and sensitive information.
Data Breach
Took over as CEO of Apple, after Steve Jobs
Who is Tim Cook
The process of making the information unreadable to anybody who is not authorized to access it. The information is encoded using PKI and SSL.TLS protocol
Encryption
These usually operate on blocks of memory that consists of several consecutive words.
What are memory caches
Program loaded onto a computer to manage all other applications programs.
What is an Operating System
A standalone malware that replicates itself without any human interaction with the sole intent of spreading itself to other systems in the connected network overloading the server and consuming unnecessary bandwidth.
What is a Worm?
CEO of Former President Trumps favorite micro blogging site, and also the CEO of Square.
Who is Jack Dorsey?
Device that functions to mask the network address of connected devices, directing all requests through an alternative cover device providing an added level of anonymity acting as a buffer/filter, sending back only specified types of data to the source.
What is a Proxy Server?
Terms for large quantities of bits or bytes
What is Mega, Giga, and Kilo
Network that allows developers to connect many devices across a geographical area using wireless networking systems hosted by third-party service providers
Cloud Network
Technique used to hide ones identity by changing the IP address so it seems to be victim it comes from a trusted source in order to gain unauthorized entry into a secure system.
What is Spoofing
Was founded in 1998 in Palo Alto CA after the release of Netscape source code as an educational, advocacy, and stewardship organization based on the sharing and collaborative improvement of software source code
Communications standard that enables application programs and computing devices to exchange messages over a network. Designed to send packets across the internet and ensure the successful delivery of data and messages over networks.
What is TCP/IP