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30 Cards in this Set
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Cable Modem
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converts computer's signal into one that can travel over the CATV network
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Cloud Computing
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servers that offer internet accessible computing services ranging from office productivity applications to complex corporate data processing
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Domain name
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easy to remember name for a web address
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Domain name system
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domain name corressponding to a unique IP address
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firewall
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software or hardware designed to filter out suspicious packets attempting to enter or leave a computer
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FTP
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a way to transfer files from one computer to another over any TCP/IP network.
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Internet backbone
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network of high capacity communications links that provides the main routes for data traffic across the internet
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Internet service provider
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company that offers internet access to individual, businesses , and smaller ISPs
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latency
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elapsed time for data to make a round trip from point A to point B and back to point A
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Network address translation
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process router uses to keep track of packets and their corresponding private or public IP address
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P2P File Sharing
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protocols that allow users to obtain files from other users located anywhere on the internet
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port
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a virtual device that allows a computer to perform more than one type of service
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private and routable ip address
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non routable ip address that can be used inside of a lan. vs one which can be accessed by packets on the Internet
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static and dynamic ip address
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permenantly assigned (ISP's, websites, web hosting services, email servers) vs temporarily assigned (Internet users)
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TCP
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breaks a message or file into packets
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TCP/IP
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primary protocol suite responsible for message transmission on the internet
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WAP
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communications protocol that provides internet access from handheld devices like cell phones.
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WiMax
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Ethernet compatible network standard used mainly in urban areas.
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Virtual private network
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provides a remote connection to a report server that is secure.
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Cookie
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small chunk of data generated by a web server and stored in a text file on your computer's hard disk
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MIME
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Conmersion proccess providing a way of disguising digital photos, sounds, and other media as plan ASCII code that can travel over the Internet as email attatchments.
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Netiquette
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online jargon for internet etiquette
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Pharming
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exploit that redirects users to fake sites by poisoning a domain name server with a false IP address
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Phishing
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email based scam that is designed to presuade you to reveal confidential information
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RSS
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you can subscribe to a feed to make sure you automatically recieve new updates as they are produced
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Selection control structure
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tells a computer what to do, based on whether a condition is true or false ( If, Then, ELSE)
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Sequence control structure
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changes the order in which instructions are carried out by directing the computer to execute an instruction elsewhere in the program
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PDP-8
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first commercially succesfull MINIcomputer
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MITS Altair
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first commercial micro(personal) computer
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Apple II
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Ran Visicalc, had colorful graphics and a disk drive. Very popular.
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