the primary method for keeping a computer SECURE from intruders by either allwoing or blocking traffic into and out of a private network or the uesers computer
What is Firewall
100
a hand-operated electronic device that controls the coordinates of a cursor on your computer screen as you move it around on a pad
What is Mouse
100
written programs or procedures or rules and associated documentation pertaining to the operation of a computer system and that are stored in read/write memory
What is Software
100
an application that provides the user with tools needed to write and edit and format text and to send it to a printer
What is Word
100
..., Portable storage device, plugs into USB port
What is flashdrive
200
a technique to gain personal information for the purpose of identity theft, usually by means of fraudulent e-mail
What is Phishing
200
an input device that enters data with letters, numbers, symbols, and special function keys.
What is Keyboard
200
software that controls the execution of computer programs and may provide various services
What is Operating System
200
A spreadsheet application tool that analyzes data in a table format using formulas
What is Excel
200
web address, Uniform Resource Locator
What is URL
300
software designed to infiltrate or damage a computer system without the user's informed consent
What is Malware
300
Abbreviation of central processing unit. The CPU is the brains of the computer. Sometimes referred to simply as the processor or central processor, the CPU is where most calculations take place.
What is CPU
300
a sequence of 8 bits
What is byte
300
A Microsoft application for creating presentations, speeches, slides, etc.
What is Power Point
300
hypertext transfer protocol are the rules computers use to transfer web pages across the Internet
What is HTTP
400
Most wireless routers have a mechanism called identifier broadcasting. Turn it off so your computer won't send a signal to any device in the vicinity announcing its presence.
What is Identifier Broadcasting
400
display consisting of a device that takes signals from a computer and displays them on a screen
What is Monitor
400
a unit of storage measuring roughly one million bytes
What is megabyte
400
A desktop publishing application to produce calanders, cards, letterheads, etc
What is Microsoft publisher
400
a row of icons on a computer screen that activate commands or functions when clicked.
What is Toolbar
500
when a teen is tormented, threatened, harassed, humiliated, embarrassed or otherwise targeted by another teen or person using the Internet, interactive and digital technologies, or mobile phones.
What is Cyberbulling
500
A board that plugs into your computer to allow it to display graphics.
What is graphics card
500
Random Access Memory; temporary memory. RAM is expandable, and resides on the motherboard.
What is RAM
500
Allows the user to create and manage various types of databases and is known as a database managememnt system also called DBMS.
What is Microsoft access
500
Short for HyperText Markup Language, the authoring language used to create documents on the World Wide Web. HTML defines the structure and layout of a Web document by using a variety of tags and attributes.