Access (Microsoft)

Microsoft Office Access, previously known as Microsoft Access, is a relational database management system from Microsoft that combines the relational Microsoft Jet Database Engine with a graphical user interface and software development tools

FRI 10 OCT. 2008 |Featured in: Techtionary

Android (Mobile Device Platform)

Android is a software platform and operating system for mobile devices, based on the Linux kernel, developed by Google and later the Open Handset Alliance

MON 13 OCT. 2008 |Featured in: Techtionary

Antivirus

Antivirus software is a term used to describe a computer program that attempts to identify, neutralize or eliminate malicious software.

WED 19 DEC. 2007 |Featured in: Techtionary

Antivirus software

They are computer programs that attempt to identify, neutralize or eliminate malicious software.

WED 01 OCT. 2008 |Featured in: Techtionary

Application firewall

It limits the access which software applications have to the operating system services

WED 04 JUNE 2008 |Featured in: Techtionary

Application security

It encompasses measures taken to prevent exceptions in the security policy of an application or the underlying system

WED 04 JUNE 2008 |Featured in: Techtionary

Authentication

It is the act of establishing or confirming something (or someone) as authentic, that is, that claims made by or about the thing are true.

WED 01 OCT. 2008 |Featured in: Techtionary

Authentication server

They are servers that provide authentication services to users or other systems. Users and other servers authenticate to such a server, and receive cryptographic tickets

THU 26 JUNE 2008 |Featured in: Techtionary

BO2K

Back Orifice 2000 (often shortened to BO2k) is a computer program designed for remote system administration

FRI 08 DEC. 2006 |Featured in: Techtionary

Biometrics

Biometrics is the science used to analyze physical human body characteristics like fingerprints, retina, voice etc. to authenticate a person.

TUE 08 MAY 2007 |Featured in: Techtionary

BitLocker

BitLocker Drive Encryption is a full disk encryption feature included with Microsoft's Windows Vista Ultimate

THU 05 JUNE 2008 |Featured in: Techtionary

Blogging

A blog is a website where entries are commonly displayed in reverse chronological order.

WED 12 MARCH 2008 |Featured in: Techtionary

Broadband

Broadband in telecommunications is a term that refers to a signaling method that includes or handles a relatively wide range of frequencies, which may be divided into channels or frequency bins.

THU 27 DEC. 2007 |Featured in: Techtionary

Click Fraud

One of the notable aspects of the rise of the internet has been the new, alternative ways of advertising that have developed as a result

THU 06 APRIL 2006 |Featured in: Techtionary

Common Gateway Interface

Before Ajax, there was CGI

WED 12 DEC. 2007 |Featured in: Techtionary

Computer data storage

It is often called storage or memory, refers to computer components, devices, and recording media that retain digital data used for computing for some interval of time

TUE 16 SEPT. 2008 |Featured in: Techtionary

Computer security

It is a branch of technology known as information security as applied to computers

TUE 17 JUNE 2008 |Featured in: Techtionary

Cros-site request forgery

IIt is also known as one click attack, sidejacking or session riding and abbreviated as CSRF (Sea-Surf) or XSRF, is a type of malicious exploit of websites

THU 05 JUNE 2008 |Featured in: Techtionary

Cryptotrojan

A cryptovirus, cryptotrojan or cryptoworm is a type of malware that encrypts the data belonging to an individual on a computer, demanding a ransom for its restoration

FRI 06 JUNE 2008 |Featured in: Techtionary

DRM

As the proud new possessor of an iPod, DRM these days is more than just an acronym to me. But for those of you out there for whom it is still just another TLA (three letter acronym), suffice to say that DRM stands for Digital Rights Management.

FRI 03 FEB. 2006 |Featured in: Techtionary