ICS - 1st Semester Vocabulary

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Trojan Horse (Virus)

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A type of malware program that hides inside other legitimate software.

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Worm (Virus)

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Computer virus that makes many copies of itself resulting in consumption of system resources which slows down or actually halts tasks.

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Ransomware

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Software that encrypts programs and data until a ransom is paid to remove it.

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Adware

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A software program that delivers advertising content in a manner that is unexpected and unwanted by the user.

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Spyware

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A type of malware that collects data about the user and transmits it over the Internet without the user's knowledge or permission.

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File Format

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A file format defines the structure and type of data stored in a file.

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Open Format

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An open format is a file format with an openly-published specification that anyone can use. It is the opposite of a proprietary file format, which is only used by a specific software company or application.

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.ZIP

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Zip is a common type of file compression. "Zipping" one or more files creates a compressed archive that takes up less disk space than the uncompressed version.

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What is a TXT file?

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A TXT file is a standard text document that contains unformatted text. It is recognized by any text editing or word processing program and can also be processed by most other software programs.

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.XLSX

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An XLSX file is an Excel spreadsheet created by Microsoft Excel or another spreadsheet program, such as OpenOffice Calc or Apple Numbers. It stores data in worksheets, which contain cells arranged in a grid of rows and columns, and may also contain charts, mathematical functions, styles, and formatting.