Networking
This is what the initialism SSID stands for
Service Set Identifier
This department offers IT support to the rest of campus, known as IITS
What is Instructional & Information Technology Services?
This software-based emulation of a physical computer is commonly referred to as a VM
What is a virtual machine (VM)?
This storage media is commonly known as a SSD
What is a Solid State Drive?
This scheme is a method to allow users to log in with a single set of credentials
What is SSO?
This request-response protocol is the foundation of data communication for the World Wide Web
What is Hypertext Transfer Protocol?
This is the place on the 2nd Floor of Kellogg Library, commonly known as the STH
What is the Student Helpdesk?
This technology automatically assigns IP addresses to devices on a network
What is Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP)?
This technology describes how multiple discs can be linked with each other, known as RAID
This tool is capable of detecting intrusions to a network and reacting to it in real time, known as an IDPS
What is an Intrusion Detection & Prevention System?
This command in Unix-like operating systems, called ifconfig, is used to display networking information for a computer
What is Interface Configuration?
This department on campus handles the physical maintenance of the campus, including cleaning, groundskeeping, and more.
What is Facilities Development & Management (FDM)?
This technology, known as LDAP, is a protocol for accessing directory information services
What is Lightweight Directory Access Protocol?
This industry standard is used for data transmission and power delivery between devices over a cable, known as USB
What is Universal Serial Bus?
This method of attack involves intercepting and possibly altering packets during transmission between two parties that believe they are directly communicating with each other
What is Man in the Middle attack?
This initialism describes the algorithm that prevents loops within a network, known as STP
What is Spanning Tree Protocol?
This college on campus offers programs that "knowledge of human behavior, social systems, cultural and material power, communication, and creativity."
What is College of Humanities, Arts, Behavioral & Social Sciences (CHABSS)?
This client-server standard, known as PXE (pronounced 'pixie'), allows a system to boot an operating system directly over the network
What is Preboot Execution Environment?
This is a standard used to connect hardware components inside computers at high speed, known as PCI-E
What is Peripheral Component Interconnect Express?
This software tool collects log data from an organization's network, devices, and applications in real time to spot cyber threats and help teams stop events
What is Security Information & Event Management (SIEM)?
This was the first wide-area packet-switched network and one of the first computer networks to implement TCP/IP
What is Advanced Research Projects Agency Network (ARPANET)?
This department, housed on Admin 6th floor, promotes inclusion and is known as the OIE.
What is the Office of Inclusive Excellence?
This technology is a file system known as ZFS, which previously stood for this before the initialism was orphaned
What is Zettabyte File System?
This outdated standard, pronounced "scuzzy", physically connects and transfers data between computers and peripheral devices
What is Small Computer System Interface (SCSI)?
This specific type of message authentication code involves a cryptographic hash function and a secret cryptographic key.
What is Hash-Based Message Authentication (HMAC)?