TLAs (other acronyms)
DBS
What is Don't Be Stupid?
A network security system that monitors and controls incoming and outgoing network traffic based on predetermined security rules.
What is a Firewall?
.mdb
What is Microsoft Access database file?
This keyboard shortcut reopens closed tabs
What is Control + Shift + T?
Tulane University’s mascot and New Orleans’s basketball team are both named after this bird
What is a Pelican?
VPN
What is Virtual Private Network?
The fraudulent practice of sending emails pretending to be from reputable companies in order to induce individuals to reveal personal information.
What is Phishing?
.exe
What is Executable file?
The year when the first iPhone was announced and launched
What is 2007?
Preposition that describes this city’s elevation in relation to sea level
What is Below?
SaaS
What is Software-as-a-Service?
This type of cyber attack floods systems, servers, or networks with traffic to exhaust resources and bandwidth.
What is Denial-of-Service (DoS)?
.xls
What is Microsoft Excel file?
This measure of memory/data storage is the equivalent of 1,024 Terabytes (TB)
What is a Petabyte?
Famous form of transportation. Tennessee Williams mentioned one in the title of a play
What is a Streetcar?
RAM
What is Random-Access Memory?
The use of a computer program to record every stroke on a keyboard made by a computer user.
What is Keystroke Logging (Keylogging)?
.rtf
What is Rich Text Format?
In 2006, Qatar Telecom hosted a charity auction selling this phone number for $2.75 million.
a. 123-4567
b. 555-5555
c. 999-0000
d. 666-6666
What is d. 666-6666
This stadium in downtown New Orleans is the largest enclosed arena in the world
What is the Mercedes-Benz Superdome?
DHCP
What is Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol?
This popular hotel chain was the focus of a cyber attack compromising the personal information of 500 million customers.
What is Marriott?
.bmp
What is Bitmap image?
The birth month of Precipart's Associate Application Developer
What is August?
Mayor Cantrell declared a state of emergency after the city suffered this event in December 2019
What is a Cyber attack?