Cyber Security
Data Representation
Databases
Computer Architecture
Data Storage
100

This term describes software designed to harm a computer system.

malware


100

I am  8,192 bits

1 kibibyte

100

a collection of related data about one person or thing

what is a record

100

if you increase me I can carry out more FDE cycles per second, executing more instructions in the same time

clock speed

100

store data permenently, like the BIOS, non volatile

ROM

200

This type of attack tricks users into revealing personal information through fake emails or websites.

phishing

200

i am capable of representing symbols using 7 or 8 bits

ASCII character set

200

Command term in SQL which aggregates the number of times a specific record is found matching criteria in a query.

COUNT(fieldName)

200

if you increase me, i can carry out more clock cycles simultaneously.

increase the number of cores

200

uses light reflected on pits and lands onto from a spinning object into a light sensor to detect the changes in light detected

what is optical storage

300

This security technique converts readable data into coded data that can only be read with a key.

encryption

300

I am the number of unique colours that can be represented by a uniuque code binary, often 8 bits each for red green and blue

colour depth
300

Command term in SQL which is used to specify the conditions which you want to apply to a query

WHERE
300

i am a bidirectional bus that sneds control signals to synchronise the operations in the CPU

control bus

300

I use NAND technology on semi-conductor chips to store charge as trapped electrons in transitors wired in series in a grid using floating gates and control gates.i have no moving parts

SOLID STATE STORAGE


400

A company requires users to enter a password and a code sent to their phone. Name this security measure.

2FA / MFA

400

i am how often the amplitude of a sound wave is measured

sample rate in hertz

400
type of check that ensures morons cannot enter "I am 5.7" years old when asked for their date of birth

type check

400

During the fetch-decode-execute cycle, this register stores the instruction that has just been fetched from memory.

CIR

400

i am storage which can be accessed from any where with an internet connection

cloud storage

500

I am a method of coping with an attack that can password protect my files so that I cannot open them.

Encrypted Backup in response to ransomware

500

compresion type which store most common phrases / words combined with a lookup guide that shows where these phrases should go

lossless text encryption using dictionary

500

This field uniquely identifies each record in a table and cannot contain duplicate values.

primary key

500

the contents of the Program Counter are copied to the MAR, the address is sent along the address bus, a copy of the instruction is returned on the data bus and stored in the MDR before being copied to the CIR and the carried out

what is the FDE cycle

500

i am a type of storage mostly still used for wbe servers, my data capacity is high and cheaper per bit than other technologies

magnetic storage