APCSP Internet Vocab 1

Question 1

Small chunks of information that have been carefully formed from larger chunks of information.

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packets

Question 2

a program or set of programs designed to prevent, detect, and remove malware

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antivirus software

Question 3

the process of converting ordinary information into unintelligible text

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cryptography

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the single unit of information in a computer, typically represented as a 0 or 1

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bit

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A set of rules governing the exchange or transmission of data between devices.

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protocol

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a standard that is publicly available and has various rights to use associated with it,

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open standards

Question 7

the state of being protected against the criminal or unauthorized use of electronic data,

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Cybersecurity

Question 8

a system designed to prevent unauthorized access to or from a private network.

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firewall

Question 9

the use of computer technology to disrupt the activities of a state or organization, military

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cyberwarfare; cybercrime

Question 10

the intentional paralyzing of a computer network by flooding it with data

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DDoS

Question 11

The universally recognized raw text format that any computer can understand

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ASCII (American Standard Code for Information Interchange)

Question 12

issues digital certificates

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certificate authorities

Question 13

A group of computers and servers that are connected to each other

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Internet

Question 14

concerns about what information can be accessed through unauthorized use

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privacy concerns

Question 15

A type of computer that forwards data across a network

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router

Question 16

the protocol used for transmitting web pages over the Internet

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HTTP

Question 17

The service that translates URLs to IP addresses.

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DNS

Question 18

a type of malicious software that, when executed, replicates itself and inserts its own code

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viruses

Question 19

a simplified representation of something more complex.

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abstraction

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A new or improved idea, device, product, etc, or the development thereof

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innovation

Question 21

A number assigned to any item that is connected to the Internet.

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IP address

Question 22

Transmission capacity measure by bit rate

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bandwidth

Question 23

having multiple backups to ensure reliability during cases of high usage or failure

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Network Redundancy

Question 24

the number of bits that are conveyed or processed per unit of time. e.g. 8 bits/sec.

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bitrate

Question 25

provides reliable, ordered, and error-checked delivery of a stream of packets on the internet.

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TCP (Transmission Control Protocol)

Question 26

develops and promotes voluntary Internet standards and protocols

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IETF (Internet Engineering Task Force)

Question 27

an electronic "password" that allows a person, organizaion to exchange data securely

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Digital certificate

Question 28

concerns about the unauthorized access and data corruption

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security concerns

Question 29

uses the same cryptographic keys for both encryption of plaintext and decryption of ciphertext.

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symmetric encryption

Question 30

Time it takes for a bit to travel from its sender to its receiver.

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latency

Question 31

A way of representing information using only two options.

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binary

Question 32

an encryption technique that uses a paired public and private key algorithm

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public key encryption

Question 33

the principle that all Internet traffic should be treated equally by ISP's.

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Net Neutrality

Question 34

An easy-to-remember address for calling a web page (like www.code.org).

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URL

Question 35

scamming by sending e-mails to collect someone's personal information

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phishing

APCSP Internet Vocab 1

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APCSP Internet Vocab 1

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