In Greek mythology, there is a story about the Trojan War. This war lasted many years, as the Greeks could not penetrate the heavily barricaded city of Troy. So one day, a few of the Greek soldiers brought the people of Troy a large wooden horse, which they accepted as a peace offering. The horse was moved inside… Read More »

Like a biological virus, a computer virus is something you don’t want to get. Computer viruses are small programs or scripts that can negatively affect the health of your computer. These malicious little programs can create files, move files, erase files, consume your computer’s memory, and cause your computer not to function correctly. Some viruses can duplicate themselves,… Read More »

Visual Basic is a programming language and development environment created by Microsoft. It is an extension of the BASIC programming language that combines BASIC functions and commands with visual controls. Visual Basic provides a graphical user interface GUI that allows the developer to drag and drop objects into the program as well as manually write program code.

A WAN (Wide Area Network) is a type of computer network that spans a large geographical area, typically covering cities, countries, or even continents. It connects multiple smaller networks, such as local area networks (LANs) or metropolitan area networks (MANs), allowing them to communicate with each other over long distances.

A webmaster is a skilled expert who oversees the management of a website. Their responsibilities include:

Short for “Wireless Fidelity.” (Yes, it is pretty much a rip-off of the term “Hi-Fi,” or High Fidelity, which refers to high-quality audio or surround sound.) Wi-Fi refers to wireless network components that are based on one of the Wi-Fi Alliance’s 802.11 standards.

A yobibyte is a unit of data storage that equals 2 to the 80th power, or 1,208,925,819,614,629,174,706,176 bytes.

A zebibyte is a unit of data storage that equals 2 to the 70th power, or 1,180,591,620,717,411,303,424 bytes.

A zero day exploit is a malicious computer attack that takes advantage of a security hole before the vulnerability is known. This means the security issue is made known the same day as the computer attack is released. In other words, the software developer has zero days to prepare for the security breach and must work as quickly… Read More »

A zettabyte is 2 to the 70th power, or 1,180,591,620,717,411,303,424 bytes.