ChromeOS
What is Google drive?
Google’s cloud-based storage application to store and access files online.
What is Offline access?
A feature that can be enabled or disabled in the Google Drive settings menu, allowing for users to edit documents offline.
What is (ROM) Read only memory?
As the name implies, read-only memory is a type of non-volatile software and its code is strictly designed for reading purposes.
What is authentication?
The process when a subject must verify their identity.
What is firewall?
A security method used to block unauthorized access to a system or network.
What is Google docs?
Google’s web-based word processor application.
What is Chromebook settings?
The settings menu can be accessed by clicking the gear of the status tray at the bottom-right-hand corner of the screen.
What is Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI)?
A software interface between the operating system and the firmware. Similar to BIOS.
What is developer mode?
One of three different channels available to Chrome users that allows more functionality with Chrome OS.
What is security polices?
Policies written by companies that outline things like security, access, user accounts, physical security, etc.
What is Google keep?
Google’s web-based notepad application.
What is Accessibility features?
Features that are designed to assist people with disabilities.
What is System on a Chip (SoC)?
A fully functional system on an integrated circuit.
What is Oauth2?
A standard designed to grant users the ability to share information across multiple accounts with a third-party application or website.
What is a router?
A network computing device that sends and receives data from the internet.
What is Google play?
Google’s online web store where users can download applications, movies, music, books, and shop for Google products
What is Reduced Instruction Set Computing (RISC)?
Microprocessor architecture designed to run a set of less complex instructions and enable better performance.
What is encryption?
Translates data into a type of code (encoding) that only allows authorized sources to decipher the code into readable text with the use of a security key.
What is Local Storage?
Files are saved to the local computer versus cloud storage.
What is Basic Input/Output System (BIOS)?
A software interface between the operating system and the firmware. Succeeded by UEFI.
What is decrypt?
The method used to reverse the effects of an encrypted file.