Computer Hardware
Brain of computer
What is a CPU?
Structured Query Language
What is SQL?
Website's numeric address
What is an IP address?
Core of the OS
What is the kernel?
Malicious software
What is malware?
Short-term memory chip
What is RAM?
Table row identifier
What is a primary key?
Translates domain names
What is DNS?
A program that's running
What is a process?
Fake email scam
What is phishing?
Graphics rendering chip
What is a GPU?
Non-relational database type
What is NoSQL?
Directs network traffic
What is a router?
Lightweight execution unit
What is a thread?
Scrambles data for protection
What is encryption?
Connects all components
What is the motherboard?
Speeds up data lookup
What is an index?
Blocks unwanted traffic
What is a firewall?
Illusion of infinite memory
What is virtual memory?
Tricking humans, not computers
What is social engineering?
Overlapping instruction stages
What is pipelining?
Guarantees reliable transactions
What is ACID?
Seven-layer network model
What is the OSI model?
Decides which process runs
What is scheduling?
Overflows a data buffer
What is a buffer overflow?