Tech Terms
Tech @ Scotia
Software & Hardware
Information Security
Web & Programs
100

Receiving information from another computer over a network and saving it on your own hard drive

What is download?

100

The team you contact if you experience issues with your workstation or VPN

What is the Helpdesk?

100

The part of the computer that stores all your programs and files

What is a hard drive?

100
A method of preventing unauthorized access to or from a particular network

What is a firewall?

100

A website usually maintained by an individual with regular entries

What is a blog?

200

A piece of computer hardware historically used to store data, composed of a thin and flexible magnetic disk sealed in a square plastic carrier

What is a floppy disk?

200

The frequency with which you should restart your computer to improve performance and reliability

What is every morning?

200

The intersection between a row and a column in a spreadsheet

What is a cell in excel?

200

A program used to ensure only authorized employees are given ability to access certain applications or information

What is Logical Access Management, or LAM?

200

The two most popular software programming languages

What are Python and Java?

300

A software or program designed for a specific purpose or function, such as word processing or trading

What is an application?

300

The extension for the New York Help Desk

What is x5900?

300

Software that makes source code available for anyone to copy and use, that is free to download, copy and distribute

What is open source?

300

An e-mail that appears to come from a legitimate source but attempts to collect personal information from unsuspecting users

What is phishing?

300

The number two rated search engine, after Google

What is Bing?
400

A form of computer memory that can be read and changed in any order, typically used to store working data and machine code

What is Random Access Memory, or RAM?

400

The amount of time your VPN remains connected without logging out

What is 16 hours?

400

The part of the computer that oversees all operations and calculations

What is the Central Processing Unit, or CPU?

400

The CIA employee who hacked and leaked sensitive information on the NSA server related to its global surveillance program

Who is Edward Snowden?

400

The protocol used to transfer data over the web

What is HTTP?

500
A measurement of the amount of data that can be transmitted over a network at any given time

What is bandwith?

500

The site you submit a ticket to open a request for technology services

What is Scotia Service Now?

500

Programs designed to damage or do other unwanted actions on a computer

What is malware?

500

The highest classification of data that must be encrypted both at rest and in transit

What is Registered Confidential?

500

The year the World Wide Web was invented

What is 1989?