Data & Computer Security Terms

Taking into consideration the topic of my blog I would  like to give some terms on data and computer security. I hope the terms I am going to give will be useful for you. So here are they, learn them and use them:

• Badware is a term used for software showing deceptive or undesired behavior, it is usually difficult to remove;
• Botnet describes a large network of computers infected with a particular Trojan;
• Dialer is a special type of malware; it dials expensive telephone service numbers without permission;
• Exploit is a term that describes a damaging program that exploits specific weak points in a piece of software;
• False positive is a term used to describe a failure in an alerting system (e.g. in an anti-malware product or intrusion detection system);
• Hoax is a false warning that is intentionally distributed and treated as true by many users;
• Riskware ("risk" + "ware") is a software that presents a possible but not definite risk for the PC after its installation;
• Zero-Day Attack - a term which describes malware on the first day of distribution; 
• Zombie Computer - a computer infected with a Backdoor Trojan that listens for remote commands and carries out remotely controlled actions.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
   

Tech Terms (continuation)

This time I'm going to continue listing the most popular tech terms. Learn them:

• mommy-save - slang for the act of indiscriminately clicking 'Save' without first choosing an appropriate folder to in which to store the document;
• morph or morphing - it most commonly refers to special effects morphing and it is the animated transformation of one image into another, by a gradual distortion of the first image;
• opt-out (a.k.a. opt out) - any time a user requests to be removed from any kind of online program, he or she is said to be "opting out";
• PING or ping (Packet Internet Groper) - traditionally this term refers to an Internet program used to determine whether a specific IP address is accessible or online;
• radar screen - in modern jargon, this refers to the range of interests that a company or individual is focused on;
• rant-and-rave - to speak on and on about something you feel passionate for;
• scaleable or scalability - refers to the ability of hardware or software to adapt to increased demands while continuing to work accurately;
• showstopper (a.k.a. a big bug) - slang for anything that has the potential to halt the shipment or to stop the launch of a new product;
• yoyo mode -the state in which a computer rapidly alternates several times between being up and being down.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

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Tech Terms

The tech terms I am going to mention have already become common expressions. Check your knowledge and decide whether you know them or not:

• 404 (I haven't a clue) - originally a technical term for Not Found 404 (which is an error message seen on a Web page to indicate a requested URL was not found on a server);
• age - actually it is "-age" which is a suffix used in slang to exaggerate a word and give it much larger meaning;
• brain dump - to empty one's brain of any and all information relating to a particular subject;
• cached out - slang for extremely tired;
• cryptic - primarily used as slang, it refers to anything that is hard to read;
• dead-tree version (a.k.a. forestware or tree version or treeware) - slang for a printed document or publication, as opposed to an electronic version;
• down time - this expression refers to lost production time due to a broken machine and its operator being unable to work;
• eye candy - slang for extra graphics (or images) included on a Web page with the intent of making it look better;
• huge pipes - slang for a high-bandwidth Internet connection;
• meatspace - slang for the real world, as opposed to cyberspace.
  
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Newbie Terms (continuation)

Here is the next portion of NetLingo terms for newbies:

• RTM (Read The Manual) - proper netiquette on newsgroups calls for users not to post newbie questions that could otherwise be answered by taking some time to "read the manual";
• sig file (short for: signature file) - a short statement at the end of an e-mail message; it identifies the sender and provides additional information, such as an address and phone number;
• silver surfer - an adult, generally 50 years of age or older, who frequently surfs the Web and spends time online ("silver" refers to the color of their hair);
• snail mail (a.k.a. smail) -  regular postal mail; the obvious connotation of this term is that postal mail is slow;
• texting (a.k.a. texting, text message, person-to-person messaging, p2p messaging, SMS) - the act of typing and sending a brief, electronic message (less than 160 characters) via a wireless network to another person so that they can view the short message on any number of mobile or handheld devices, such as a Blackberry, a cell phone, a PDA, a handy, or a pager;
• troll (a.k.a. trolling) - online it originally meant the act of posting a message in a newsgroup (and later on a blog) that is obviously exaggerating something on a particular topic, hoping to trick a newbie into posting a follow-up article that points out the mistake.
  
   

Newbie Terms

This time I am going to give some popular newbie terms everyone should know. Here they are:

• newbie - someone who is new to the Internet or new to computers in general; 
• access - to log on to the Internet, where you can browse information, view Web sites, retrieve data, and send or receive e-mail;
• B2B - an acronym that describes business-to-business relationships or applications;
• bookmark - a direct link to an often visited site, saved in your browser for easy access;
• debbie - a name for someone who is even newer than a newbie;
• e-commerce - simply put, it means conducting business online;
• encryption - the process of protecting information as it moves from one computer to another;
• FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) - a list of questions and answers related to a Web site, newsgroup, software, or any kind of product or service;
• OSP (Online Service Provider) - a company that provides customer-only content to subscribers of its service;
• P2P (Peer-to-Peer or Person-to-Person) - the ability of two or more computers to communicate on a network without a file server.  

This will be enough for today. Wait for some continuation next time.

NetLingo and Smileys

Today I’m going start giving information on the second part of my task. It means I will talk about NetLingo.

NetLingo is Internet slang. NetLingo means using symbols, smileys, acronyms and new words while communicating over the Internet. All these things prevent us from wasting our precious time while writing long words and sentences, in fact NetLingo makes online communication much easier and faster.

For those who don’t know, NetLingo is an online dictionary of more than 3000 terms. It has definitions that explain the online world of business, technology, communication as well as computer and Internet terms. It started in 1995 and is monthly updated.

My first note concerning this topic is going to be the things we all know very well and use often. They are smileys and emoticons.

A smiley is a sequence of characters on your computer keyboard. Smileys usually follow after the punctuation (or in place of the punctuation) at the end of a sentence and they show what we really mean, express our emotions.

Here are some of the smileys we don’t really often use (for us to know, remember and use):

@>--;--  A rose

~~8-O  Bad-Hair Day

(:-{~  Beard – long

:-.)  Cindy Crawford

:-6  Eating Something Spicy

=:-H  Football player

~~:-(  Getting Rained On

:0  Hungry

%+{  Lost a Fight

:-(*)  Makes Me Sick

:^)  Personality

:-C  Real Unhappy

$__$  Sees Money

:-a  Tongue Touching Nose

:-{}  Wearing Lipstick

…and this is not the whole list! :-)

P.S. Guess who is that (_8^(|)

Email Netiquette (continuation)

Today I am going to give some more information to the previous note. It means this time I will finish the list of 10 most important rules of sending email. So pay attention to them:
6. Read the email before you send it: You can make many spelling and grammar mistakes in your email accidentally and a lot of people don't bother to read an email before they send it out. 
7. Do not use email to discuss confidential information: The contents of your email can be easily read by others without your knowledge. So it’s wise to avoid saying anything you wouldn't write on the back of a postcard.
8. Be careful with formatting: Remember that when you use formatting in your emails, the sender might not be able to view formatting, or might see different fonts than you had intended. When using colors, use a color that is easy to read on the background.
9. Do not attach unnecessary files: Sending large attachments can annoy customers and even bring down their e-mail system. If it’s possible try to compress attachments and only send attachments when they are productive. Moreover, you need to have a good virus scanner in place.
10. Take care with rich text and HTML messages: Be aware that when you send an email in rich text or HTML format, the sender might only be able to receive plain text emails. Most email clients however, including Microsoft Outlook, are able to receive HTML and rich text messages.

 

 So, I suppose this note will be the end of my topic about netiquette. I hope all the information was rather interesting for you. Use it, enjoy your communication over the Internet and make new friends easily.