Page 25 - Computer Terms

What Is A Bug Bounty?

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A bug bounty is a reward offered by the owners of a system, computer program, or website, for discovering and reporting a security vulnerability, bug, or weakness.

What Is CCTV?

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Stands for Closed Circuit Television. CCTV is a system that consists of video cameras, recorders, and displays for monitoring an area that needs constant observation.

What Is Remote Working?

Difficulty: Easy

Remote working, is the use of technology, the internet, and cloud computing to complete work from one's home or another location rather than a physical office or a central location.

What Is A Desktop Computer?

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A desktop computer, also known as a desktop PC, is a stationary computer designed to fit on top of a desk. Unlike laptops, which are designed to be portable...

What Is MICR?

Difficulty: Medium

Stands for Magnetic Ink Character Recognition. MICR, pronounced "mick-er", is a character recognition technology developed in the late 1950s used to recognise characters with special ink and characters.

What Is An External Hard Drive?

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An external hard drive, also known as a removable hard drive, is a portable hard drive, around the size of a book, that connects to computers by USB.

What Is Infrared Communication?

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Infrared communication is a wireless technology that transmits data using infrared light. Infrared has a slightly longer wavelength than visible light and is undetectable to the human eye.

What Is An Access Level?

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An access level is a way of restricting access to specific users. Access levels are related to file permission, but go beyond just files.

What Is Mobile Data?

Difficulty: Easy

Mobile data, also known as mobile broadband, refers to internet connectivity provided to mobile devices, such as smartphones and tablets over a wireless cellular connection.

What Is A Packet Sniffer?

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A packet sniffer, also known as a packet analyser is a piece of software used to gather and analyse some or all of the packets that pass through a computer network.

What Is The Registry?

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The registry is a hierarchical database of settings, user preferences, operating system configurations, information, options, and software and hardware values used by Microsoft Windows.

What Is The HTML <address> Tag?

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In HTML, the <address> tag is used to define the contact information for the author of an article, document, or section. It often contains the email address.

What Is The HTML <acronym> Tag?

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In HTML, the <acronym> tag is used to define an acronym for a word. An explanation of the word is shown when hovering the mouse over it, which is specified in the title attribute.

What Is The HTML <blink> Tag?

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In HTML, the <blink> tag was used to specify a section of blinking text that slowly flashes. It was introduced by Netscape Navigator.

What Is The HTML <center> Tag?

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In HTML, the <center> tag was used to horizontally align text in the centre of the webpage. It is deprecated and not supported in HTML5.

What Is The HTML <article> Tag?

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In HTML, the <article> tag is used to specify separate and self-contained content. It is often used to display independent content that is distributed separately from the rest of the page.

What Is An Activation Key?

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An activation key, also known as a licence key, a product key, or a software key, is a unique string of alphanumeric characters often separated by hyphens, used to register a software application.

What Is Memory Management?

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Memory management refers to the ways that operating systems manage memory. Operating systems help to manage memory (RAM) on an operating system by deciding how much RAM each process.

What Is Cybersecurity Incident Management?

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Cybersecurity incident management is the process of identifying, analysing, and managing threats, cyberattacks, and incidents in real time. A cybersecurity incident could be an active threat.

What Is Commercial Software?

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Commercial software, sometimes known as payware, is a type of software that requires payment before it can be used. After payment, users can use all the features of the software without any restrictions.

What Is Freeware?

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Freeware is a type of software that is made available to other users free of charge. It allows users to use it for as long as they want to without having to pay.

What Is Productivity Software?

Difficulty: Easy

Productivity software is a type of software that is designed to allow users to produce things. It is most often used for businesses to allow tasks to be completed more efficiently.

What Is A Large Key Keyboard?

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A file extension, also known as a file suffix, or a filename extension, is an ending of a file used to identify the file type.

What Is A File Extension?

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A file extension, also known as a file suffix, or a filename extension, is an ending of a file used to identify the file type.

What Is User Experience?

Difficulty: Easy

User experience (UX) is the overall feeling a user gets when using a software program, website, web-based application, or hardware device.

What Is A QR Code?

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Stands for a Quick Response code. A QR code is a type of barcode that consists of a matrix of black and white squares, used to store URLs and other data.

What Is An Entertainment System?

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An entertainment system is an electronic device used for entertainment purposes. They contain electronic components that handle audio and video.

What Is COPPA?

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The Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) is a piece of US legislation that protects the privacy of children under the age of 13.

What Is BYOD?

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Stands for Bring Your Own Device. BYOD is the practice of allowing employees in an organisation to use their own devices.

What Is A Touchpad?

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A touchpad, also known as a trackpad, is an input device in the form of a small panel. It contains touch-sensitive areas designed to be controlled by the fingers and usually two visible buttons.