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Bit //- /
/CORRECT /
/ANSWERS(S)✔✔The /
/smallest //unit //of //information //storage. //A //contraction //of //the //term //"Binary //digit"
What /
/is //a //botnet? //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔A //large //collection //of //compromised //computers.
What /
/are //botnets //used //for? //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔To //create //and //send //spam //or //viruses.
How /
/can /
/botnets /
/affect //
a/
/network? //- /
/CORRECT /
/ANSWERS(S)✔✔They //can //flood //a //network //with //messages //as //a //denial //of //service //attack.
Brute //force //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔A //cryptanalysis //technique //or //other //kind //of //attack
//method //involving //an //exhaustive //procedure //that //tries //all //possibilities, //one-by-one.
Byte //- /
/CORRECT /
/ANSWERS(S)✔✔A /
/fundamental /
/unit /
/of /
, /computer /
/storage; /
/the /
/smallest /
/addressable /
/unit /
/in //
a/
/computer's /
/architecture. //Usually //holds //one //character //of //information //and //usually //means //eight //bits.
Cipher //- /
/CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔A //cryptographic //algorithm //for //encryption //and //decryption.
Client //- /
/CORRECT /
/ANSWERS(S)✔✔A /
/system /
/entity /
/that /
/requests /
/and /
/uses //
a/
/service /
/provided /
/by /
/another /
/system /
/entity, /
/called //
a //"server." //In //some //cases, //the //server //may //itself //be //a //client //of //some //other //server.
Computer /
/Network //- /