Stands for What You See Is What You Get. WYSIWYG, pronounced 'wizee-wig', describes an application that allows users to build and edit webpages and see what the end result will look like inside the builder...
Responsive web design is a technique that automatically adapts webpages to the visitor’s screen size and width without user interaction. Responsive web design ensures that all the content...
A cookie is a small file stored on a computer used to remember certain information. For example, online shopping websites use cookies to keep track of the items in a user's shopping cart as they are browsing the website.
A solid-state drive, also known as a semiconductor storage device, or an SSD, is a newer generation non-volatile storage device that...
A hard disk drive, also known as a hard disk, hard drive, or HDD, is a non-volatile storage device used to store data on a computer...
A power supply, also known as a P/S, a PSU, or a power supply unit, is a hardware component used to provide electric power to a computer...
The motherboard, also known as the main circuit board or backplane board, is the large circuit board in a computer that all peripherals and necessary...
Stands for Central Processing Unit. The CPU, also known as the processor, is a component of a computer that handles and processes the instructions...
Stands for random access memory. RAM is a form of volatile memory used to temporarily store data the processor is currently using so that it can be quickly reached...
Stands for a man-in-the-middle attack. A MITM attack is a type of cyberattack where an attacker intercepts communications between the user and server...
Stands for Transport Layer Security. TLS is a security protocol used to enable secure transmission of data over a network. It accomplishes this by...
Stands for a Secure Sockets Layer certificate. An SSL certificate is a data file or digital certificate that proves the identity and authenticity...
Stands for Secure Sockets Layer. SSL is a protocol used to encrypt communications between two computers communicating over the internet...
Stands for a Distributed Denial Of Service Attack. A DDoS attack occurs when an attacker floods a network or server with so much malicious traffic that it...
Encryption is the use of complex algorithms to scramble sent information into random characters and symbols so that it cannot be read by any unauthorised users...
Multiplexing, sometimes abbreviated to muxing, is a method of combining analogue and digital signals into one data stream...
Stands for Plain Old Telephone Service. POTS is the traditional analogue signal telecommunications service that is implemented over copper wires and telephone lines...
A repeater, also known as a signal booster, is a device that regenerates traffic signals in order for one network to cover a longer physical distance...
Stands for a virtual learning environment. A VLE is a web-based teaching platform that allows teachers to upload resources to the site...
Also known as an aerial, an antenna is a part of wireless infrastructure that is capable of sending and receiving microwave, radio, and satellite signals...
Stands for Amazon Web Services. AWS is a cloud computing platform that was developed by Amazon, Inc. It was officially launched in 2002 with a few services...
Short for a virtual local area network, a VLAN is a customisable network that is created from multiple LANs. It allows groups of devices...
Stands for Point-To-Point Protocol. PPP is a data link protocol used to directly transfer data between two nodes (points)...
A brouter, also known as a bridging router, is a piece of networking hardware that works as both a bridge and a router by routing data...
A brouter, also known as a bridging router, is a piece of networking hardware that works as both a bridge and a router by routing data...
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