S - salad cream
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A tasty British condiment made by Heinz. -
- script kiddies
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Electronic intruders who use freely distributed software designed by others to engage in computer vandalism, break-ins, or electronic theft. -
- secure web page
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A web page that can only be accessed through a secure connection. All personal information entered into a secure web page is encrypted (scrambled) before it is sent across the Internet. -
- security key
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A security code that can lock and unlock encrypted data as it moves between two devices, usually a computer and a home network router. Sometimes just referred to as a key. -
- security software
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A program designed to protect a computer from malicious software. -
- Service Pack 2 (SP2)
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A major security update issued in the fall of 2004 by Microsoft for Windows XP. -
- Service Set Identifier (SSID)
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A router's name that it broadcasts via a wireless signal that can be viewed by wireless computers or devices. -
- share name
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A name used to identify a printer or folder from another computer over a network. -
- shareware
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Software that is created by a programmer who asks for payment on the honor system. -
- signature
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An electronic thumbprint used by an anti-spyware or antivirus program to identify a threat. -
- Simple File Sharing
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A Microsoft technology that allows you to share your files and folders with other computers on a local network. -
- snack
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Food that is not part of a meal. Also a reward for a job well done when following instructions correctly in this book. -
- snoopware
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Software that watches your computer habits on behalf of someone elseusually someone you know such as a parent, employer, or spouse. -
- social engineering
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Using trickery and charm to extract security information such as passwords from an individual. -
- software
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A computer program. -
- software suite
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A number of programs bundled together and sold as a package that do related tasks . -
- source code
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The lines of programming that make up a program. -
- SP2
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See Service Pack 2. -
- spam
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Unsolicited commercial email or electronic junk mail. -
- spoof
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To electronically fool. For example, a spoofed email is an electronic mail message that looks like it has arrived from someone who hasn't sent it. -
- spyware
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Software installed on your computer that collects information about you as you use your computer and delivers it to a third party. Spyware is often installed without your knowledge. -
- SSID
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See Service Set Identifier. -
- SSL
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Secure Sockets Layer. A data transfer method, developed by Netscape, used to move files across the Internet between two computers using a secure connection. A secure connection provides protection from hackers or snoops by scrambling data as it moves between two points. -
- stateful inspection
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A process by which a router checks that data arriving has been requested by a computer on its network. This is also known as stateful packet inspection. -
- stealth mode
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This feature makes a firewall and the computers behind it invisible to the Internet. -
- subnet
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A subnet is a subdivision of a network, just as a neighborhood is subdivision of a town. -
- subnet mask
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A subnet mask breaks down a network address into regions or neighborhoods acting as a filter for a router that is trying to send data. The mask says to ignore all the addresses in the world except the ones in this neighborhood, town, or state. -
- system tray
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A collection of icons for easy access to tools, special Windows functions, and programs already running in memory. It's located on the bottom-right side of the Windows screen. -
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