The Wonderful World of Windows
What is a dual boot configuration?
An abbreviated term for "malicious software"
What is "malware"?
A 48-bit unique number hard-coded onto a device's Network Interface Card (NIC) by the manufacturer
What is a Media Access Control (MAC) address?
Appearing at the bottom of the desktop, this contains shortcut icons for frequently used applications
The most complicated component in a computer.
What is the motherboard?
This utility deletes temporary files on a hard drive.
What is Windows Disk Cleanup?
What is a virus?
A cable used to connect two like devices such as a switch to a switch or a computer to a computer
What is a crossover cable?
The equivalent of Command Prompt on a Mac
What is the terminal?
The meaning of the acronym "DIMM"
What is Dual Inline Memory Module?
The minimum CPU clock speed needed for a Windows 10 install
What is 1 GHz?
P@$$w0rd is an example of this password method.
Leetspeak (1337)
The theoretical number of bits that can be transmitted over a network connection at one time
This Linux command saves changes made to a file in the vi editor & exits the editor.
What is wq! ?
A meatal component with fins that draws heat away from a processor
What is a heat sink?
For best performance, Windows needs at least this percentage of free space on a hard drive.
What is 15%?
Documentation that tracks all evidence collected & used in an investigation, including when & from whom it was collected
What is chain of custody?
The 3 parts of a URL
What are protocol, hostname and file path?
Information the the OS makes available to a script
What is an environmental variable?
The average space between transistors printed on the surface of a silicon chip (not a number)
What is lithography?
The chip on the motherboard that holds the Bitlocker encryption key.
What is the Trusted Platform Module (TPM) chip?
An attack that overwhelms a computer network with requests or traffic until new connections can no longer be accepted.
What is denial-of-service (DoS)?
This protocol does not guarantee delivery by first establishing a connection or checking whether data is received
What is User Datagram Protocol (UDP)?
He created Linux while a student at the University of Helsinki in Finland.
Who is Linus Torvalds?
The type of memory used in a solid-state drive
What is NAND flash memory?