Random Access Memory stores data that is in use.

• Hard Drive

• ROM

• RAM

• Motherboard

If you know you are not running any user processes, but you see a similar spike in CPU performance, what might you suspect?

• The Task Manager is having problems and should be restarted.

• Some unknown process is running on the computer that has the potential to be malware.

• A process is hung (stuck and not responding) and must be killed.

• Your computer needs another CPU.

A value that can change depending on the environment in which a processes runs.

• environment variable

• user input

• disk space

• antivirus software settings

A representation of all running processes shown in a tree-like structure with parent and child processes forming the branches of the tree.

• process applications

• task manager

• control panel

• process tree

The systematic way to find specific web addresses and web pages.

• HTTP

• DNS

• URL

• protocol

Small text-based bits of information about your browser that a web server saves.

• cookies

• malware

• worm

• URL

A small data file that is validated by a “certificate authority”. It allows an organization to have a secure website.

• cite certificate

• domain name

• URL

• cookies

A file that contains a collection of other files.

• file

• zip file

• folder

• zip folder

A process that converts human-readable text or data into a coded from. It is usually used to protect data from being easily seen or accessed. To encrypt means to do the conversion.

• decrypt

• encrypt

• zip file

• conversion

A special character that can represent one or more characters. The asterisk (*) wildcard can stand from many letters, numbers, or symbols.

• encrypt

• decrypt

• zip file

• wildcard