Glossary
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Address Resolution Protocol (ARP) A protocol used on the Internet to map computer network addresses to hardware addresses.
admissible evidence Evidence that meets all regulatory and statutory requirements and has been properly obtained and handled.
allocation unit Another term for cluster.
ASCII (American Standard Code for Information Interchange) A single-byte character encoding scheme used for text-based data.
asymmetric key algorithm An encryption algorithm that uses one key to encrypt plaintext and another key to decrypt ciphertext. Also called public key algorithm.
auditing The process of tracking who’s logging in and accessing what files.
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Basic Input Output System (BIOS) Responsible for booting the computer by providing a ...
