Security Lingo Types of Attacks Basic Hardware Take me to the Mother HTML Tags
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What is Antivirus Software
Designed to detect and destroy computer virus
100
What is Phishing
The activity of defrauding an online account holder of financial information by posing as a legitimate company
100
What is a Hard Drive (HHD)
a digital storage device that houses a rigid disk, also called a hard disk, that stores information magnetically.
100
What is flashing BIOS
the process of upgrading or refreshing the programming stored on a firmware chip
100
What is
indicates the beginning and end of an html document
200
What is Back Doors
A feature or defect of a computer system that allows surreptitious unauthorized access to data
200
What is Spyware
Software that enables a user to obtain convert information about another's computer activities by transmitting data from their hard drive
200
What is a Graphics Card
a circuit board for processing and displaying graphics. Usually plugged into PCIe slots
200
What is CMOS battery
the battery on the motherboard used to power the cmos chip that holds bios setup data so that the data is retained when the computer is unplugged.
200
What is
indicates the beginning and end of the web page body.
300
What is a bot
an automated program that runs over the Internet
300
What is a Keylogger
Type of surveillance software that has the capability to record every key stroke you make on a Log file, usually encrypted
300
What is a CPU (Central Processing Unit)
the part of a computer that controls the computer's logic and its ability to carry out its most basic operations.
300
What is south bridge
the portion of the chipset hub that connects slower i/o buses to the system bus.
300
What is

indicates the beginning of a new paragraph;inserts a blank line above a new paragraph
400
What is Encryption
the process of converting data to an unrecognizable or "encrypted" form. It is commonly used to protect sensitive information so that only authorized parties can view it
400
What is a Trojan Horse
A program that claims to rid your computer of viruses but instead introduces viruses onto your computer
400
What is a Motherboard
the main circuit board of a computer.
400
What is north bridge
the portion of the chipset hub that connects faster I/O buses (video bus) to the system bus.
400
What is Hypertext Markup Language
This is what HTML stands for
500
What is a Firewall
It acts as a barrier between a trusted system or network and outside connections, such as the Internet.
500
What is a Wrom
Self replicating virus that does not alter files but resides in active memory and duplicates itself
500
What is RAM
the electronic memory in which a computer stores data temporarily while a user works with it; also called temporary memory.
500
What is Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI)
interface between firmware on the motherboard and the OS and improves on legacy BIOS processes for booting, handing over the boot to the OS, and loading device drivers and applications before the OS loads
500
What are H tags (h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6)
This tag type have 6 levels and is used to make the text larger and stand out from basic paragraph texts.






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