Software


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Operating System - software consisting of programs and data. The heart of a computer.

Backdoor - created to logon to a machine and alternative way.

Antivirus - software that is used to prevent, remove, and detect malware including viruses, worms and trojans.

Bit- unit of information having just two possible values as either a 0 or 1 binary digit.

Hexadecimal - Base16 digit

UAC(user account control) - user account that gives privileges to users.

Firewalls - software that is used to prevent unauthorized access to or from a private network.

.exe(executable files) - a executable file.

Signatures - bits of code needed for the antivirus software to be updated.

Encryption - data that has been scrambled or hashed.

Hash - The abilitiy to scramble characters and create a security algorithms

Anti-malware - is a computer application that finds removes malware.

Anti-Spyware - software to detect and remove spyware on a PC - SpyBot Search&Destory

BIOS - basic input/output system, function of the BIOS is to load and start an operating system.

SMS(Short Message Service) - a form on data sent through a mobile data.

DLL(Dynamic Link Library) - a data structure in a computers.

Certificate - is used to authenicate the user and website.

DES(Data Encryption Standard) - Encryption using 64 bits of plain text. Obsolete algorithm

AES - Advance Encryptin Standard. Encryption created and uses 128 and 256 bits.