| a. back door | 1. an evaluation of an item's ability to withstand extreme conditions |
| b. bug |
2. the
decreased demand for an existing product
that occurs when its vendor releases a new product |
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| c. ant |
3. a
product that connects a LAN to another local
area network that uses the same protocol |
| d. vampire tap | 4. a scam where
the perpetrator sends out
legitimate-looking e-mails appearing to come from some of the Web's biggest sites |
| e. torture test | 5. a coding error in a computer program |
| f. BLOB | 6. a method of
encoding real
numbers within the limits of finite precision available on computers |
| g. blowfish | 7. the
standard unit of luminous intensity in the
International System of Units (SI) |
| h. bridge | 8. the
generally accepted official logo for the
Linux operating system |
| i. cannibalization | 9. the process
or means of
obtaining and storing external data -- particularly images or sounds |
| j. candela | 10. is a large
file that must
be handled in a special way because of its size |
| k. capture | 11. a means of
access to a
computer program that bypasses security mechanisms |
| l. FLOPS | 12. a program
or process that is dormant until a
certain condition occurs and then is initiated to do its processing |
| m. Tux | 13. an open source build tool from the Apache Software Foundation |
| n. phishing | 14. a
connection to a coaxial cable in which a hole
is drilled through the outer shield of the cable |
| o. demon | 15. an
encryption algorithm
that can be used as a replacement for the DES or IDEA algorithms |
This was first published in August 2004