Networking
This device forwards data packets between networks, determining the best path.
What is a Router?
This type of malware tricks users into installing harmful software by disguising it as legitimate.
What is a Trojan Horse?
This network is responsible for traditional landline phone service and connects calls over copper wires.
What is PSTN (Public Switched Telephone Network)?
This filesystem is used by MacOS
What is HFS?
This Windows utility allows users to view and manage files and folders.
What is File Explorer?
This protocol translates domain names like "example.com" into IP addresses.
What is DNS (Domain Name System)?
Encrypting data ensures this principle of the CIA triad.
What is Confidentiality?
This GSM standard uses a this kind of card to store subscriber information and allows users to roam between different networks.
What is SIM (Subscriber Identity Module) Card?
This type of storage has no moving parts and is faster and more reliable than traditional hard drives.
What is SSD (Solid-State Drive)?
This Linux command is used to list the contents of a directory.
What is ls?
This type of network is limited to a single building or campus.
What is a LAN (Local Area Network)?
his method verifies the identity of users by combining two or more authentication factors.
What is Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA)?
This term describes the maximum amount of data that can be transmitted over an internet connection in a given time.
What is Bandwidth?
This term describes the process of writing identical data to two or more drives to protect against failure.
What is Mirroring?
This is the core software that acts as a bridge between hardware and applications.
What is the Operating System?
This hardware device connects multiple devices within a network. (not a router)
What is a Switch?
This type of attack overwhelms a network or system with excessive traffic, rendering it unusable.
What is a Denial-of-Service (DoS) Attack?
This telecom device converts digital signals from a router into a format usable by telephone lines.
What is a Modem?
This RAID level stripes data across multiple drives for performance but offers no redundancy.
What is RAID 0?
This utility in Windows allows users to monitor processes, performance, and system resources.
What is Task Manager?
This IPv4 address type is used to communicate within the same network and cannot be routed externally.
What is a Private IP Address? e.g. (192.168.x.x, 10.x.x.x)
This technique involves converting plaintext data into unreadable ciphertext.
What is Encryption?
This acronym describes the process of sending voice communications over the internet instead of traditional phone lines.
What is VoIP (Voice over IP)?
This term describes a storage device that is connected to a network to provide centralized data access.
What is NAS (Network-Attached Storage)?
In Windows, this tool is used to manage disk partitions and volumes.
What is Disk Management?