IT security glossary
Adware
Spy program that inspects the sites visited by a user to display targeted ads as pop-ups or banners.
Antivirus
Software protection against viruses.
Archiviing
Tthe operation of collecting and classifying computer data
Backdoor
A confidential and secure access point to an operating system, program or online service.
A backdoor also refers to small programs in a computer installed (usually by worms) unbeknownst the user, giving it access to computer control.
Backup
An operation which duplicates and secures the data in a computer system. The backup always involves data recording, but not necessarily for the purpose of archiving.
Bandwidth
Rate of information flow of a device (such as memory, hard disk, and so on) or of a communication medium (network, bus, etc.) or ingeneral any rate of information flow, such as that between the processor and the memory cache.
Computer archive
An archive is a file in which the whole folder content is located (files, arborescence and access rights). Archives are usually files with the .Tar (UNIX format) or .Zip (Windows) addon and they are often compressed.
An archive is aimed at transporting an entire folder into one file.
To compress data and create archives proprietary software such as WinZip or WinRAR for Windows is often used. But there is also some free software such as free IZArc and 7-Zip.
Computer data
Information used by software. It can be created by a user or generated by the program itself.
Computer system
A set of equipment for the automatic processing of information: recording, editing, deletion and retrieval of information
Cookie
Text file created in a hard disk to store the web pages visited by the user.
A cookie remembers passwords, IDs, configurations, etc.
