Vocab quiz 6

a broad term for datasets so large or complex that traditional data processing applications are inadequate.

• Big Data

• Moore's Law

• Encryption

• Cipher

computing power will double every 1.5-2 years, it has remained more or less true ever since.

• Private Key

• Moore's Law

• Decryption

• Asymmetric Encyption

A process of encoding messages to keep them secret, so only "authorized" parties can read it.

• Decyption

• Cipher

• Pivate Key

• Encryption

a mathematical operation that returns the remainder after integer division.

• Public Key

• Modulo

• Private Key

• Random Substitution Cipher

used in public key encryption, it is scheme in which the key to encrypt data is different from the key to decrypt.

• Asymmetric Encryption

• Public Key Encryption

• Antivirus Software

• Private Key

Used prevalently on the web, it allows for secure messages to be sent between parties without having to agree on, or share, a secret key. It uses an asymmetric encryption scheme in which the encryption key is made public, but the decryption key is kept private.

• Private Key

• Public Key Encryption

• Vius

• DDoS Attack

software that runs on servers (often routers) that only allows traffic through according to some set of security rules.

• Virus

• Phishing Scam

• Firewall

• Antivirus Software

thief trying to trick you into sending them sensitive information. Typically these include emails about system updates asking you send your username and password, social security number or other things.

• Phishing Scam

• DDoS Attack

• SSL/TLS

• Virus

a "hard' problem for a computer is one in which it cannot arrive at a solution in a reasonable amount of time.

• Cipher

• Encryption

• Asymmetric Encryption

• Computationally Hard

a program that runs on a computer to do something the owner of the computer does not intend.

• Virus

• Firewall

• Cipher

• Phishing Scam