IC3 Certification Exam

IC3 Certification Exam is the world's first validated, standards-based training and certification program for basic computing and internet knowledge .

Transport Security Layer

Transport Security Layer are protcols that provide communications security over the internet.

Strong password

A strong password is a password that is difficult to detect.

Spyware

Spyware is a computer software that obtains information from a user's computers without the user's knowledge of consent.

Sniffer

Sniffer is a software that monitors activities over the network.

Secure Sockets Layer

Secure Sockets Layer is a security technology that is commonly used to secure serverto browser transactions.

Repetitive strain Injury

Repetitive strain Injury is an injury caused by doing an action over and over again.

Public key

Public key is one pair keys that is used by public key encryption or cryptography.

Private key

A private key is a signature key pair used to create a digital signature.

Keylogger

Keylogging is the practice of tracking the keys struck on a keyboard.

Hardware Firewall

Hardware firewall is firewall that is built into a router or a stand-alone device.

Hacking

Hacking is when you break into a computer.

Brute force attacks

Brute force attacks are methods of obtaining a user's authentication credentials.

Browser hijacking

Browser hijacking is when changes are made on the browser without being permitted.

Telecommuting

Telecommuting is when you employed but oyu work at home while communicating with the workplace using a phone or fax or modem.

Online Learning

Online learning is when your educated on the computer.

Keyless entry system

A keyless entry system was designed to remotely permit or deny access to premices or automobiles.

Electronic commerce

Electronic commerce refers to buying or selling products electronically.

Digital Cash

Digital cash refers to money that is exchanged electronically.

Critical thinking

Critical thinking means determining the meaning of something that you observed or expressed.

Buisness-to-government

Buisness-to-government means companies that are marketing products and services to various governmetn levels.

Buisness-to-customer

Buisness-to-customer means communication between a buisness and a customer.

Buisness-to-buisness

Buisness-to-buisness means transactions or communication between buisnesses.

Wildcard Character

A wildcard character is a character that may be subsituted for any of a defined subset of all possible characters.

Wiki

Wiki is a website that allows the easy creation of and editing of any number of interlinked web pages.

Trademark

A trademark is symbol, design or writing that specifies the sources of goods.

Shared bookmark

A shared bookmark is a bookmark that is not only in one computer but in others too.

Search Engine

A search engine is a site that you can go to, to find specific information.

Related Search

A related search is a search operator that allows the user to find websites similar to the site you specify.

Public domain

Public domain means there is no ownership.

Podcatcher

A podcatcher is user that uses a series of digital media files.

Plagiarism

Plagiarism is when a piece of work has been copied and has claimed to be someone elses.

Phrase searching

When you phrase search that means you want to search for a phrase. To make it easier for yourself you put quotation marks (") to clarify what you want to search.

Peer-to-peer (P2P)

Peer-to-peer network are common in small offices, its a network of computers that allow certain files and folders to be shared with everyone or with selected users.

News Feed

A news feed is a data format that provides users with updated contents.

Math Symbols

Some math symbols can contain the addition symbol which allows adding. The multiplication symbol which allows you to multiply. The division symbol which allows you to divide, and the subtraction symbol which allows you to subtract.

Link list

A link list contains data fields and one or two links pointing to the next and/or previous nodes.

Libel

A libel is a false document or publication printed for the purpose of defaming a living person.

Keywords

Keywords are used to find out the topic of a document.

For Example in this document the keywords are in bold.

Indexes

An index is a alphabetical list of names/words and page numbers. You can use an index to find out the page you want your information from.