APCSP Vocabulary

Memory that needs a power supply. Turning off the power deletes information.

• Volatile (RAM)

• VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol)

• TCP (Transfer Control Protocol)

• SSD (Solid State Drive)

Memory used for long term storage and is physically changed when files are saved

or deleted

• Primary Memory (RAM)

• Secondary Memory (HDD or SSD)

• Network Server

• Network client

A networking device that routes lnternet traffic to its destination.

• HUB

• MoDem

• Router

• SSL

Small chunks of data used in TCP/IP

• Files

• Data

• Internet Protocol

• Packets

A device that handles both the Modulation and the Demodulation of signals

• Modem

• Motherboard

• Router

• Protocol

The amount of delay when sending digital data over the lnternet or the round-trip time information takes to get from the client to the server and back

• Ping

• ISP

• Latency

• MAC address

the physical parts of the computer, including devices such as the monitor, keyboard, speakers, wires, chips, cables, plugs, disks, printers, and mice

• Hardware

• Software

• Iterative

• Digital Certificate

Finding errors in code

• Domain Name

• Compiling

• Encryption

• Debugging

The Advanced Research Projects Agency Network, first agency to use TCP/IP

• DNS

• ARPANET

• ICANN (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers)

• Routing Internet Protocol (RIP)

Encryption using two keys: one public and another private. A different key is used to encrypt and decrypt a message

• Caesar Cipher

• Asymmetric Key Encryption

• Enigma cyphering

• Cloud computing