Networking & Spreadsheet Terms: Definitions of Technologies, Malware, and Design Concepts, Quizzes of Accounting

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Network

Two or more computers or devies that communicate with

each other to share resources

TERM 2

Client

DEFINITION 2

Nodes that use the networks resources

TERM 3

Server

DEFINITION 3

Nodes that manage the sharingof resources

TERM 4

Peer to Peer

DEFINITION 4

computers on the network have access to the shared

resources of all the other computers -Typically used in home

networks

TERM 5

LAN

DEFINITION 5

network with all nodes in a single location

WAN

network with node in multiple geographic loctions

TERM 7

Router

DEFINITION 7

manages data traffic within the network and to other

networks

TERM 8

Packet Switching

DEFINITION 8

a digital networking communications method that groups all

transmitted data

TERM 9

TCP/IP

DEFINITION 9

the set of communications protocols used for the Internet

and other similar networks.

TERM 10

Virus

DEFINITION 10

type of malware that is harmless until used in RAM. Can only

go to another computer from human use

Worm

malware that can spread itself to other computers with

minimal user interaction

TERM 12

Trojan Horse

DEFINITION 12

a program that seems to perform one good function while

doing something else that you don't want

TERM 13

Spyware

DEFINITION 13

software that gathers info about your online activities and

sends it to someone else, used for criminal activities

TERM 14

Adware

DEFINITION 14

software that gathers info about you and your computer

activites, used to market you better

TERM 15

Social Engineering

DEFINITION 15

designed to look legitatmite,seeks personal information.

usually on a website

Pharming

designed to harvest identity, finacial, and other key pieces of

info for identity theft (using same address but really sending

info to a hacker)

TERM 17

Encryption

DEFINITION 17

senders use a key to encrypt plaintext message, then send

encrypted message to a recipient, who then uses a key to

decrypt message

TERM 18

Digital Signatures

DEFINITION 18

use of private key to "sign" a message

TERM 19

Simplicity

DEFINITION 19

the goal in spreadsheet design that will guide your overall

layout decisions.

TERM 20

Clarity

DEFINITION 20

the goal of spreadsheet design that will guide your detailed

layou and formatting decisions

Verifiability

the goal in spreadsheet design that helps to make the

content of a report sufficient and used to confirm accuracy in

a spreadsheet

TERM 22

Accuracy

DEFINITION 22

the goal in spreadsheet design that will guide your decisions

related to calculations

TERM 23

Formulas

DEFINITION 23

calculations created by you

TERM 24

Functions

DEFINITION 24

predetermined calculations created by Microsoft

TERM 25

Isolate

Assumptions

DEFINITION 25

the process of storing the numbers in a calculation

seperately from the equation

Relative Cell References

a calculation may change when a calculation is copied to

another cell

TERM 27

Absolute Cell References

DEFINITION 27

a calculation will not changed if copied

TERM 28

Mixed Cell References

DEFINITION 28

have a dollar sign in front of either the row or the column

name

TERM 29

Efficiency

DEFINITION 29

the goal in spreadsheet design that encourages us to give

the spreadsheet responsibility for performing all tasks the

spreadsheet is capable of completing