General IT
A common PC peripheral is used for inputting text and commands.
What is a Keyboard?
This emerging technology allows users to access on-demand computing resources and services over the internet, providing flexibility, scalability, and cost-effectiveness.
What is Cloud / Cloud Technology?
The Co-Founder of Microsoft and known for being one of the richest people in the world.
Who is Bill Gates?
Set of numbers separated by periods that identify a device's location on a network.
What is an IP address?
The number of Layers in an OSI Model.
7
Globally connects millions of computers worldwide. Allowing them to communicate and share information.
What is the Internet?
This security method verifies an individual's identity based on unique biological characteristics such as fingerprints, facial features, or iris patterns.
What is Biometrics / Biometrics Authentication?
This digital currency, often referred to as "digital gold," gained widespread attention for its decentralized nature and dramatic price fluctuations.
What is Bitcoin?
This network device directs data packets between networks, ensuring they reach their intended destinations efficiently.
What is a Router?
Number of Bits in a Byte
8
It is where the computer stores information so the processor can quickly access it.
What is a Memory?
This network of interconnected devices, from smart thermostats to wearable fitness trackers, allows for seamless communication and data exchange to improve efficiency and convenience in everyday life.
What is the Internet of Things (IoT)?
This initiative announced by the Canadian government aims to boost Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics education, fostering innovation and preparing the workforce for the future.
What is the Canadian STEM program?
A security tool that acts as a digital barrier. One of its basic functions is to block ports.
What is a firewall?
Number of bits to represent an IPv4 Address
32 bits
This storage device, known for its fast read/write speeds and lack of moving parts, is commonly used to boost the performance of computers and laptops.
What is an SSD (Solid State Drive)?
The branch of AI focuses on developing algorithms that enable computers to learn from and make predictions based on data.
What is Machine Learning?
This company, once a pioneer in the smartphone industry with its iconic physical keyboard devices, has transitioned its focus towards cybersecurity and software solutions.
What is BlackBerry?
The term refers to ensuring that data remains unchanged and unaltered during transmission or storage, contributing to the "I" in the CIA triad.
What is Integrity?
Port used for Web HTTPS
port 443
The first fully functional programmable computer, was completed in 1945 and developed by John Mauchly and J. Presper Eckert.
What is ENIAC (Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer)?
A decentralized digital ledger technology. Behind cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin, enabling secure and transparent transactions without the need for intermediaries.
What is a Blockchain?
In 2017, this major data breach affected millions of Canadians when hackers infiltrated the systems of a prominent credit bureau, compromising sensitive personal information such as social insurance numbers and credit card details.
What is the Equifax hacking incident?
An encryption protocol, is commonly used to secure internet communications, particularly web traffic.
What is an SSL/TLS (Secure Sockets Layer/Transport Layer Security)
Default TTL (Time To Live) of a Windows OS.
128