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Essential Computer Security: Everyone's Guide to Email, Internet, and Wireless Security
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Essential Computer Security: Everyone's Guide to Email, Internet, and Wireless Security

by T. Bradley
November 2006
Beginner content levelBeginner
279 pages
7h 17m
English
Syngress
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Appendix C Glossary of Technology and Terminology

This glossary includes terms and acronyms that you may encounter during your efforts to learn more about computer security.

ActiveX: ActiveX is a Microsoft creation designed to work in a manner similar to Sun Microsystems’ Java. The main goal is to create platform-independent programs that can be used continually on different operating systems. ActiveX is a loose standards definition; not a specific language. An ActiveX component or control can be run on any ActiveX-compatible platform.

ActiveX defines the methods with which these COM objects and ActiveX controls interact with the system; however, it is not tied to a specific language. ActiveX controls and components can be created in various ...

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