Hardware
Software
File Types
Acronyms
Cybersecurity
100

Clicking this device allows you to interact with elements on your screen

Mouse

100

Google Chrome, Firefox, and Microsoft Edge represent this type of software

Browser

100

The most common type of audio file

MP3

100

OS

Operating System

100

This secret combination of letters, numbers, and special characters should never be shared

Password

200

This tiny device is used to store and transfer files

USB

200

This popular software allows you to edit and manipulate photographs

Photoshop

200

This type of file is opened with Adobe Reader and is known for being hard to edit

PDF

200

AI

Artificial Intelligence

200

This type of email scam sounds like a leisurely lakeside activity

Phishing Scam

300

Slow wifi? You may need to unplug this device for a few seconds

Router

300

An online game store home to popular titles like Dota 2 and Counter-Strike

Steam

300

These compressed files need to be extracted before you can see what's inside

ZIP File

300

ISP

Internet Service Provider

300

Scaring you is the only way this kind of cyberattack can get you

Scareware

400

The brain of the computer that all other parts connect to

Motherboard

400

A term for an app that is technically free, but locks most of its features behind a paywall

Freemium

400

This file type was specifically designed for reading comic books

CBR

400

CPU

Central Processing Unit

400

The Toronto Public Library was subject to this type of cyberattack last October

Ransomware

500

Cores, clock speed, and gigahertz are used to describe this essential part

Processor

500

A captcha's archnemesis

Bots

500

This scalable file works alongside the vinyl cutter in the Makerspace

SVG

500

GPU

Graphics Processing Unit

500

Hide yourself from spying eyes using this type of software designed for online anonymity 

VPN (Virtual Private Network)

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